USMC 100725: Airborne and commando training

Item Description
Title
USMC 100725: Airborne and commando training

Citation information
USMC 100725: Airborne and commando training . (P-0681, R1/4 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3286/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P-0681; R-1-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100725

Decade
1940

Description
Airborne and commando training for Marines, including elements of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, and other armed forces. Scenes include parachuting, field training, target practice, and one scene with Col. Evans F. Carlson (2nd Raider's Commanding Officer) and Jimmy Roosevelt (Executive Officer) in addition to an unidentified general. Various locations.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Probably filmed between 1941 and 1945.

Battalion
2nd Marine Raider Battalion


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
420

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
09/20/2018

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

Digital runtime
13:34

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II