USMC 103845: Medal presentation with parade, 1944

Item Description
Title
USMC 103845: Medal presentation with parade, 1944

Citation information
USMC 103845: Medal presentation with parade, 1944. (3D-16-25; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/819

Marine Corps Library Number
2384-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-25; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103845

Decade
1940

Date
1944-03-22

Description
Medal presentation with parade on March 22, 1944 on an unidentified Pacific island. Officers salute Marines. A Marine holds the flag of a Major General. An officer reads medal citations. Major General Allen H. Turnage pins medals on Marines' uniforms. A Marine band plays music and passes in review.

Location(s)
Pacific Islands

Camera crew
D. R. Francis

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on March 22, 1944.

Division
3rd Division


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
106

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
4/15/2021

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

Digital runtime
2:58

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II