USMC 104738: ""The Marianas Islands Part II: Guam""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104738: ""The Marianas Islands Part II: Guam""

Citation information
USMC 104738: ""The Marianas Islands Part II: Guam"". (00160 ; H.R. A-10A.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/930

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00160 ; H.R. A-10A

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104738

Decade
1940

Date
1946

Description
With the use of combat footage, maps, and diagrams, the narrator describes the recapture of Guam from Japan in 1944. The campaign is discussed in detail from assault landings through the arrival of B-29s on refurbished landing strips. The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, 3rd Marine Division, and the 77th Army Division are filmed in action during the assault.

Location(s)
Guam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Combat footage filmed in July and August 1944.

Division
3rd Division


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
450

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
05/11/2022

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

Digital runtime
13:09

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II