USMC 103477: Marines on Newfoundland, 1947

Item Description
Title
USMC 103477: Marines on Newfoundland, 1947

Citation information
USMC 103477: Marines on Newfoundland, 1947 . (HQ-16-126A; R-1-4; v.1; MH-6446.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/2515

Marine Corps Library Number
2161-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-126A; R-1-4; v.1; MH-6446

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103477

Decade
1940

Date
1947-04-22

Description
Footage of U.S. Naval Base Argentia, Placentia Bay, and the surrounding landscape. A destroyer escort moves through Placentia Bay. Footage of the entrance to U.S. Naval Base Argentia. Films slated as being made for production MH-6446.

Location(s)
Argentia (Newfoundland)

Camera crew
Maxwell; Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 22, 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
357

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
9:56

Digital file type
video/H264