USMC 103471: Marines in Panama, 1947

Item Description
Title
USMC 103471: Marines in Panama, 1947

Citation information
USMC 103471: Marines in Panama, 1947. (HQ-16-126; R-30-32; v.1; MH-6446.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1175

Marine Corps Library Number
2158-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-126; R-30-32; v.1; MH-6446

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103471

Decade
1940

Date
1947-08-07

Description
Marines on leave and on base in Panama in 1947. Marines and U.S. military personnel inspect local troops as they line up in formation. Marines leave barracks. Shot of a second Marine from Combat Camera with a Kodak Cine Special. Gate Number 3 to U.S. Naval Submarine Base, the headquarters office of the 4th Guard Company of the 15th Naval District, the ferry boat schedule, and an aerial view of the base. A Marine wears a mosquito net on a pith helmet. Marines play golf. Content related to USMC 103467. Films slated as being made for production MH-6446.

Location(s)
Panama Canal (Panama)

Camera crew
Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on August 7 and 10, 1947.

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
266

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
12/4/2020

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

Digital runtime
7:24

Digital file type
video/H264