USMC 100677: ""Rolling to the Rhine""

Item Description
Title
USMC 100677: ""Rolling to the Rhine""

Citation information
USMC 100677: ""Rolling to the Rhine"". (MISC 1135.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3144/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MISC 1135

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100677

Decade
1940

Date
1944

Description
Film by the War Department and Army Pictorial Services, Signal Corps called ""Rolling to the Rhine,"" that emphasized the importance of truck drivers in France during World War II. There are various scenes of trucks driving and hauling different equipment across the country, with narration of individual drivers' experiences. The end shows an article about the ""Red Line"" express (aka Red Ball Express) coming to an end and other places in the world where trucks are in an instrumental part of military operations.

Location(s)
France

Producing entity
United States. Army (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Film date (note)
Filmed during 1944.

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
350

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
08/14/2018

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

Digital runtime
11:48

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II