USMC 103901: 4th Div Marines return to Maui, 1945

Item Description
Title
USMC 103901: 4th Div Marines return to Maui, 1945

Citation information
USMC 103901: 4th Div Marines return to Maui, 1945. (4D-16-46; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/911

Marine Corps Library Number
2432-16

Additional identifiers
4D-16-46; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103901

Decade
1940

Date
1945-04-04

Description
4th Division Marines return to Maui on April 4, 1945. A large crowd of civilians and military personnel welcomes Marines as they disembark a ship. Major General Clifton B. Cates leads Marines off the ship, followed by Colonel Merton J. Batchelder and Colonel Matthew C. Horner. Women hula dance and a naval band plays music. Marines receive lei necklaces. A woman kisses Marines. Marines leave in trucks. A sign reads, "Welcome Iwo Heroes".

Location(s)
Maui (HI.)

Camera crew
R. E. Tiernan

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 4, 1945.

Division
4th 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
113

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
5/11/2021

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

Digital runtime
3:09

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II