USMC 104804: ""Born with the Nation""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104804: ""Born with the Nation""

Citation information
USMC 104804: ""Born with the Nation"". (00168; MH-11633.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/1013

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00168; MH-11633

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104804

Decade
1970

Date
1971

Description
With the aid of illustrations, Charles Hughes narrates several stories surrounding the early history of the USMC as the Continental Marines during the Revolutionary War. Illustrations are painted by Maj. Charles H. Waterhouse.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Hughes, Charles (narrator); Cherney, Berle (animation); Taylor, Dan (director); Consolidated Visual Center (producer)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Film date (note)
Hazarding a guess at the year. Perhaps the film was made in honor of the USMC bicentennial?

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
451

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
12:32

Digital file type
video/H264