USMC 104605: Peleliu Casualties

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104605: Peleliu Casualties Citation information USMC 104605: Peleliu Casualties. (1D-16-62 (r 1/3).) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3525 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 1D-16-62; R-1-3 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104605 Decade 1940 Date 1944-09-15 Description One of three reels aggregated to 10/3525. (see USMC 104606, and 104607). This reel is a mix of casualties incoming from Peleliu and arriving at the USS DuPage (APA 41). Second portion of reel shows Marines capturing Japanese prisoners and other scenes from Guam (Sumay Harbor). Marines are taken aboard in various states of injury. Those who can walk, walk off boat, others are carried on stretchers. Second portion of reel shows Marines capturing Japanese prisoners and other scenes from Guam (Sumay Harbor). Marines play dice with locals for cigarettes. An injured Japanese soldier is walked across a field and stripped of his uniform. Soldiers show a grenade to the camera. Marines pass a bottle of liquor between themselves. A note arrives with directions for treatment a Japanese POW as well as translations. A soldier in distress is filmed amongst casualties. a Location(s) Peleliu, Paulau; Guam; Sumay harbor Camera crew J. L. Herring (PFC) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed on multiple dates. Division 1st 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 350 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 03/26/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:03 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II