USMC 101022: 23rd Marines return home

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101022: 23rd Marines return home Citation information USMC 101022: 23rd Marines return home. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/1412/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0005-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101022 Decade 1940 Date 1945-10-05 Description A number of sequences not in chronological order showing the 23rd Marines leaving Hawaii for California. Troops load onto the escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84). They are greeted stateside by a large sign saying, ""Welcome Home, Well Done."" Another sequence showing members of the 23rd Marines loading onto an escort carrier; one Marine has packed his pet dog in his satchel. A Marine band performs while the regiment finishes loading. Location(s) Maui (HI.); Camp Maui (HI); San Diego (Calif.) Camera crew S. F. Shenton; B. Lindsley (Cpl) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed in October and November 1945. Division 4th Division Regiment 23rd 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 386 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 01/03/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:59 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II