USMC 109239: China Marines in Shanghai

Item Description
Title
USMC 109239: China Marines in Shanghai

Citation information
USMC 109239: China Marines in Shanghai. (R-4-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3768/1

Additional identifiers
R-4-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109239

Decade
1940

Date
1940

Description
Shots of a farming complex (refugee camp?) transition to a park area in springtime crowded with civilians. Street scenes from Shangahi feature broadsheets advertising two films, FRAGRANT PRINCESS (1940) and THE ADVENTURES OF CHINESE TARZAN (1940). A military parade has the streets lined with onlookers.

Location(s)
Shanghai (China)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

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
200

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
12/19/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
6:56

Digital file type
video/H264