USMC 104621: ""U.S. Marines Corps News""--China

Item Description
Title
USMC 104621: ""U.S. Marines Corps News""--China

Citation information
USMC 104621: ""U.S. Marines Corps News""--China. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/30005

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104621

Decade
1920

Date
1927

Description
Fully titled newsreel style report on Marine Corps troops of the 4th Marines Regiment sent to Shanghai in 1927 with General Smedley Butler. Troops leave from San Diego on USS Chaumont (Ap-5). They arrive in China, and both US Marines and British Marines march around the city, work on suppressing riots, and fight. They travel by tracked vehicle, fixed-wing aircraft, and boats.

Location(s)
Shanghai (China); San Diego (Calif.)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Regiment
4th Marines


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Answer print

Original physical length
333

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
02/13/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:57

Digital file type
video/H264