USMC 104732: USMC ""Pictorial History Files""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104732: USMC ""Pictorial History Files""

Citation information
USMC 104732: USMC ""Pictorial History Files"". (c.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/846

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
c.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104732

Decade
1910

Date
1918

Description
Pictorial History Files A.E.F. in France, compiling U.S. Marine activity from 1918 through WWII. Marines make their way through Nicaragua (circa 1927), Gen. Logan Feland arrives in Managua. Lt. C.F. Schilt poses for his picture (circa 1928) and USMC aviators patrol the Nicaraguan skies. German POWs stand as they are photographed and inspected by BGen J.G. Harbord (1918). 700 out of 1350 surviving 1/6 Marines leave the front for rest. Generals T. Holocomb, C.B. Cates, and other USMC personnel recognized for distinguished service pose for a photo.

Location(s)
Nicaragua.; Montreuil (France)

Camera crew
Sherard, M.E. (Maj.); Shilt, C.F. (Lt.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
1918, 1920s, 1930s

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
5th Marines
6th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
600

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
05/10/2022

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

Digital runtime
19:23

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
WWI WWII

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video