USMC 101079: Shipboard preparations for Peleliu

Item Description
Title
USMC 101079: Shipboard preparations for Peleliu

Citation information
USMC 101079: Shipboard preparations for Peleliu. (1D-16-52.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/416

Marine Corps Library Number
0065-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-52

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101079

Decade
1940

Date
1944-08-29

Description
Film starts with Marines on the beach, prepping and moving equipment such as tracked vehicles, artillery pieces, and tanks. Film moves on to the 5th Regiment prepping for Peleliu (""B"" Company featured), showing various activities on the ship. These include officer briefings and communications, prepping ammo, and hair cuts. Scenes made aboard LST 658.

Location(s)
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Peleliu, Paulau

Camera crew
Paul Peters (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed on various dates from August 29th to September 13th, 1944.

Division
1st Division


Regiment
5th Marines


Battalion
1st 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
01/16/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:05

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II