Fox Movietone News Story 52-734

Description: Item Description Fox Library Number Fox Movietone News Story 52-734 Title Army officers decorated--outtakes Sound or Silent Silent Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Fox Movietone News Collection Collection Fox Movietone News Collection Filmed on or about 1944-07-24 Filmed on or about (end) 1944-07-24 Decade 1940 Date Note Filmed on July 24, 1944. Content Description United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower decorates Major General Joseph Lawton Collins, 7th Corps commander and Major General Leonard T. Gerow, 5th Army commander. Medium shot and closeup of the Generals. From left to right, Omar Nelson Bradley (Commander 12th Army), Gerow, "Ike," and Collins. Geographic Location France. Subject Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton) Gerow, Leonard T. (Leonard Townsend), 1888-1972. Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981. Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes. Camera Crew Blair, Bob (Camera operator) Newsreel Producer Fox Movietone News (Production unit) Physical Format Film: 16mm. Silent. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-density optical. Acetate. Citation Army officers decorated--outtakes. (Fox Movietone News Story 52-734.) Fox Movietone News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. Rights Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208. Donor Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Time Period World War II (1939-1945) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Digital Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a NTSC videotape reproducing a film original which may not be still in existence.