USMC 101906: Marines arriving at Sasebo

Item Description
Title
USMC 101906: Marines arriving at Sasebo

Citation information
USMC 101906: Marines arriving at Sasebo. (5D-16-45; P-2610; 16-109; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/391

Marine Corps Library Number
0890-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-45; P-2610; 16-109; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101906

Decade
1940

Date
1945-09-18

Description
Marines arrive at Sasebo on USS Westmoreland (APA-104). LCVs are loaded with Marines. Mail and a man are transferred via buoy line between destroyer and APA. Army and Marines officers, including General Thomas E Bourke, meet with Japanese officials. Marines get disinfected after disembarking, march, and look at Japanese recruitment poster. Civilians make their way to work through the dock area.

Location(s)
Sasebo (Japan)

Camera crew
A. S. Tracy (Cpl)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed September 18th-22nd, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
200

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
08/08/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
8:03

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II