USMC 103351: 16th Marines at Camp Pendleton

Item Description
Title
USMC 103351: 16th Marines at Camp Pendleton

Citation information
USMC 103351: 16th Marines at Camp Pendleton. (MISC-16-11; R-2-3; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1631

Marine Corps Library Number
2091-16

Additional identifiers
MISC-16-11; R-2-3; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103351

Decade
1940

Description
Arrival at Camp Pendleton of the 16th Marines. Activities around the 5th Division Headquarters at Camp Pendleton, 1943. Footage of the entrance of Camp Pendleton. Marines move by train and truck convoy. Footage of the 5th Marine Division Headquarters. Marines unload supplies from trucks. Close up shots of Marines. Marines receive instructions from a Sergeant. A shepherd watches his flock of sheep at they graze next to the camp (note this may be a different location). Marines unload lumber from a truck and work in a lumber yard, Marines travel by truck convoy next to the camp, receive and try on new uniforms, and pack M-1 carbines into wooden crates. Footage of a train carrying LVTs. A LVT and a M4A3 tank drive off of flat cars. Marines exercise, box, and wrestle. An officer inspects a Marine's carbine. Marines practice first aid, play volleyball, scale wooden barricades, traverse monkey bars, cross a suspended rope, scale a chain ladder, practice equipping gas masks, enter a gas chamber, jump into a pool, practice using flamethrowers, and practice using rocket launchers.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Filmed between December, 1943 and May, 1944. This was the only time that the 16th Regiment was active.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
16th Marines


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
313

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
11/3/2020

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

Digital runtime
8:42

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II