USMC 110807: America's Newsreel Album #25

Item Description
Title
USMC 110807: America's Newsreel Album #25

Citation information
USMC 110807: America's Newsreel Album #25. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3259

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
N.B.C. TeleSales (#1674) -- leader print-through.

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110807

Decade
1950

Description
Hosted by Dennis James, USMC TV program covering various topics. Opening item is a retrospective look at the 1947 forest fires in Bar Harbor, Maine. The benefits of the Marine Corps Reserve are discussed. Then a story on early silent films with an interview of James Card (Curator, George Eastman Museum). Clips include Sydney Drew, Clara Kimball Young, Charlie Chaplin, Pearl White, Ruth Roland, Greta Garbo, and John Gilbert. Final story is a highlight reel of General John J. Pershing.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
James, Dennis

Producing entity
N.B.C. Tele-Sales

Genre
Public relations

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Kinescope

Original physical length
530

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
06/27/2023

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

Digital runtime
15:06

Digital file type
video/H264