USMC 100896: Tarawa Aftermath

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100896: Tarawa Aftermath Citation information USMC 100896: Tarawa Aftermath. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/2940 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100896 Decade 1940 Date 1943-11 Description Duplicate kodachrome (circa 1943) of sequences shot by 2D photographers on Betio Island, Tarawa Atol shortly after the cessation of combat. Scenes show Marines saluting the American flag, Korean laborers and a posed sequence of Marine Corps photographers and others. In this posed shot are the following Marines: Sgt. Carlos Steele, Cpl. Jack Ely, Sgt. Ferman H. Dixon, Staff Sgt. John F. Ercole, Cpl. E. Newcombe, Sgt. Ernest J. Diet, Pvt. Chris G. Demo, Sgt. Forrest Owens, Cpl. Jim R. Orton, Cpl. Raymond Matjasic, Sgt. Roy Olund, Capt. Louis Hayward, Staff Sgt. Norman Hatch, and John F. Leopold. Location(s) Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) Military Grid Reference 59NQB15694993 Camera crew Norm Hatch Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) circa November 23, 1943 Division 2nd Division 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 150 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 11/01/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 5:25 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II