USMC 102504: Activities at Camp Tarawa with Lt. Gen. Rockey

Item Description
Title
USMC 102504: Activities at Camp Tarawa with Lt. Gen. Rockey

Citation information
USMC 102504: Activities at Camp Tarawa with Lt. Gen. Rockey. (AVN-16-168; R-33-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/784

Marine Corps Library Number
1415-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-33-83

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102504

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02

Description
Miscellaneous materials scenes made at different times in different locations. Marines unload and load into trucks. Marines in formation. Sailors move drums onto beach using rope and other equipment with Lt. Gen. Keller E. Rockey observing. Sailors work on boat. Supplies and equipment are loaded onto ship, probably USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111). Aerials and planes test firing into ocean, includes gun camera footage.

Location(s)
Camp Tarawa (HI)

Camera crew
Cockrell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

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
420

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
11/08/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:45

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II