USMC 100837: Marines land at Tarawa

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100837: Marines land at Tarawa Citation information USMC 100837: Marines land at Tarawa. (P-7937 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/342/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers P-7937 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100837 Decade 1940 Date 1943-11 Description Marines aboard troop ships review sand tables and maps for the assault on Tarawa (code name ""Helen Island""). View of Beach Red One and Beach Red Two from an LVT. Destruction on the beach is shown. Pan of beach from pier at the end of the battle (probably D+4) followed by interior scenes. Films of ashore on made during combat follow--some certainly shot from Red Beach Three and perhaps a sequence from Red Beach Two. Engineers are shown reducing a covered fortified position with heavy equipment. Marines relax in the immediate aftermath of the battle. Korean laborers are brought in under guard. Location(s) Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) Camera crew Norm Hatch; Obie Newcombe Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Division 2nd Division Regiment 2nd Marines 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 200 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 10/23/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 6:19 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II