USMC 104669: Our Enemy, the Japanese

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104669: Our Enemy, the Japanese Citation information USMC 104669: Our Enemy, the Japanese. (00128.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 04/895 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 00128 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104669 Description Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures releases an informational/training film for the Navy about Imperial Japan and the Okinawa Invasion. A film explains the cultural differences between Japan and the West. Included is footage of Japanese daily life as well as combat footage. Emperor Hirohito (Showa). The second film is about the American capture of the island of Okinawa and how they maintain the indigenous population and their own while at war with the Japanese army in the North. Combat footage is shown, featuring M116 howitzers, M1 rifles, C82 planes, M-2-4 rocket trucks, M1917 Browning heavy machine guns, M1919 medium machine guns, M1A1 recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher, amongst others. Location(s) Japan Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Training Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 1300 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 06/06/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 37:55 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II