USMC 102509: Marines on ships, TBMs, and tanks

Item Description
Title
USMC 102509: Marines on ships, TBMs, and tanks

Citation information
USMC 102509: Marines on ships, TBMs, and tanks. (AVN-16-168; R-36-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/783

Marine Corps Library Number
1418-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-36-83

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102509

Decade
1940

Date
1944-03-10

Description
Multiple sequences. Motor pool mechanics work on jeep and half tracks. Shots of camp (unidentified). Aerials of ships at sea, and TBMs flying (film associated with CASD-4 from USS Cape Gloucester, CVE-109). Marines in formation on deck of ship. LSTs unload on beach, and Sherman tanks load out.

Location(s)
Camp Tarawa (HI)

Camera crew
Tracy

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 10th and July 6th, 1944.

Division
5th Division


Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MCVG-4
MASG-48


Squadron
CASD-4


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
430

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
10/09/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:03

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II