USMC 101021: Flag raising ceremony on Saipan

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101021: Flag raising ceremony on Saipan Citation information USMC 101021: Flag raising ceremony on Saipan . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/128 Marine Corps Library Number 0237-16 Additional identifiers V.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101021 Decade 1940 Date 1944-08-13 Description General staff and other ranking officers gather to celebrate the end of the Saipan campaign. Among the officers pictured are Lt. Gen. Holland Smith, Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Watson, and Adm. Harry Hill. Additional film depicts Marines in combat gear aboard amphibious debarking with bed rolls at an unidentified Pacific island. These are probably replacement troops as they report to a more seasoned Marine. Location(s) Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands). Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) 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 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 02/07/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:56 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II