USMC 103519: General Holcomb home movies

Item Description
Title
USMC 103519: General Holcomb home movies

Citation information
USMC 103519: General Holcomb home movies. (HOLCOMB #00308.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
08/2600

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
HOLCOMB #00308

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103519

Decade
1940

Description
Home movie footage associated with the life of Gen. Thomas Holcomb sometime during or after 1940. Scenes around Rhode Island include the USS Constellation in Narragansett Bay, Cloyne Court, Ten Mile drive in Newport (R.I.), a historic wind mill (possibly Boyd's Wind Grist Mill in Middletown (R.I.)), the Jamestown Bridge, and boating. Scenes around Walnut Hill and New Castle (Delaware area) include Stonum, New Castle Court House, Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green, and the Read House and Gardens. Lenticular color.

Location(s)
Newport (R.I.); Middletown (R.I.); Walnut Hill (Del.); New Castle (Del.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

Film date (note)
Sometime during or after July, 1940. This is evidenced by the presence of the Jamestown Bridge (construction completed July, 1940) in the film.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
355

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
Content may be protected by copyright.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
12/10/2020

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

Digital runtime
9:52

Digital file type
video/H264