USMC 100018: Base construction in the Pacific

Item Description
Title
USMC 100018: Base construction in the Pacific

Citation information
USMC 100018: Base construction in the Pacific. (APB-16-24; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2277

Marine Corps Library Number
3475-16

Additional identifiers
APB-16-24; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100018

Decade
1940

Description
Pacific island base with airstrip and fuel depot under construction. A separate film shows a close up of the nose of "Peg O' My Heart", part of a flight of Navy R4Ds. Location and date of both films are unidentified.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Probably filmed in the 1940s.

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
415

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
09/03/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:52

Digital file type
video/H264