USMC 110714: ""The War"" #2

Item Description
Title
USMC 110714: ""The War"" #2

Citation information
USMC 110714: ""The War"" #2. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3613

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110714

Decade
1940

Date
1944

Description
Newsreel produced by the U.S. War Department intended for servicemen. Subjects include a musical performance for troops, Merchant Marine efforts in the Atlantic, newsreel footage seized from Japanese military depicting troops marching, Army medical testing on extreme heat and cold, and an interview with a USN Electrician's Mate who survived the sinking of the USS Hornet (CV-8).

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Circa 1944

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
650

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
05/09/2023

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

Digital runtime
19:35

Digital file type
video/H264