USMC 104662: South Pacific Hospital

Item Description
Title
USMC 104662: South Pacific Hospital

Citation information
USMC 104662: South Pacific Hospital. (00080.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/816

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00080

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104662

Decade
1940

Date
1943-06-08

Description
Films documenting activities of a military hospital in Vanuatu (then known as New Hebrides). The footage includes injured men being taken into the hospital, general physicals, procedures to prevent malaria, blood testing, and laboratory work. Civilian areas designated as ""off limits"" are shown. Military personnel (probably convalesced patients) board an unknown ship. Injured men are loaded on board via pulley system.

Location(s)
Republic of Vanuatu

Camera crew
Golub

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed over several days including June 9th and 8th, 1943.

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
1100

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
04/28/2022

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

Digital runtime
33:14

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II