USMC 103337: Navy Day Parade, 1944

Item Description
Title
USMC 103337: Navy Day Parade, 1944

Citation information
USMC 103337: Navy Day Parade, 1944. (MISC-16-2; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1261

Marine Corps Library Number
2080-16

Additional identifiers
MISC-16-2; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103337

Decade
1940

Date
1944-10-27

Description
Footage of the 1944 Navy Day Parade in Washington, D.C. Civilians line the street and watch the parade. Female Marines march down the street, followed by the Drum and Bugle Corps, Marines, trucks carrying Marines and 105 mm Howitzers, sailors, WAVES, a female Naval Drum and Bugle Corps, and the wreckage of a Japanese Mitsubishi G4M bomber with a sign that reads, "Jap bomber 'Betty' captured Solomon Islands'. The bomber has the tail number F-312.

Location(s)
Washington (D.C.)

Camera crew
D. Davidge; H. Maxwell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on October 27, 1944.

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
244

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
10/28/2020

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

Digital runtime
6:48

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II