USMC 101961: Tarawa aftermath

Item Description
Title
USMC 101961: Tarawa aftermath

Citation information
USMC 101961: Tarawa aftermath. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1950

Marine Corps Library Number
0918-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101961

Decade
1940

Date
1943

Description
Marines on wrecked beach with destroyed guns, buildings, and bodies. Prisoners of war interrogated on beach. Planes providing close air support and landing on runway. One crashes (TBM or F6F). Marines in formation, leaving island. Marines take rubber boat to retrieve body from water, and then a funeral is held at sea on ship.

Location(s)
Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed late 1943.

Division
2nd 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
400

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
08/13/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:32

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II