USMC 111343: "They Deliver the Goods

Item Description
Title
USMC 111343: "They Deliver the Goods

Citation information
USMC 111343: "They Deliver the Goods". (W.F. 12.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
17/36

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
W.F. 12

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111343

Decade
1940

Date
1943

Description
War information film (W.F. 12) outlining supply and logistics for the military. Includes footage from Pacific operations highlighting the difficulties of moving supplies ashore directly onto the beach and destruction in combat of equipment that must be replaced. Operations at a General Supply Depot are shown. Engineers carve roads through jungles and rebuild airstrips to ensure supplies reach their destination. Maintenance crews repair damaged equipment using replacement parts brought forward.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
War Department

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Produced in 1943 with footage from 1942 and 1943.

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
600

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
03/25/2024

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

Digital runtime
16:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II