USMC 100596: Marines in the Solomons during WWII

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100596: Marines in the Solomons during WWII Citation information USMC 100596: Marines in the Solomons during WWII. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/2963/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100596 Decade 1940 Description Marine operations in the Solomons. Color and black and white footage with some duplication. Marine band plays for troops as patrol craft cruise along coast. Scenes show muddy terrain with Marines well seasoned by combat. Col. Evans F. Carlson is interviewed by a reporter with Marine Raiders looking on. Location(s) Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea); Solomon Islands Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Probably filmed in 1943 or early 1944. Division 1st Division Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 300 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 05/15/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:40 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II