USMC 104574: Marines in the Antarctic

Item Description
Title
USMC 104574: Marines in the Antarctic

Citation information
USMC 104574: Marines in the Antarctic. (""00293 Marines in the Antarctic"".) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
07/2537 reel 2

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
""00293 Marines in the Antarctic""

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104574

Decade
1950

Date
1957

Description
The camera films some sort of cloud atop a distant peak followed by panning across the landscape. The snow and ice is plowed and pushed. Marines work on constructing a building. A little seal is filmed as it crawls across the ice on its belly. LC130 prepares for takeoff. Marine does some work with electrical wire. The Hercules takes off and is filmed in the air. Cargo is unloaded. Marines pose with the flag for a photograph. A marine jokes in front of a sign saying ""Keep Antarctica Green"". The South Pole is filmed, the camera focusing on the reflective orb at the top where the tundra and cameraman himself can be observed.

Location(s)
Antarctica

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Guesswork based on tailcode JD. Late 1950s

Squadron
VX-6


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
820

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
04/19/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
23:46

Digital file type
video/H264