USMC 101089: ""Tank Battalion Story 1""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101089: ""Tank Battalion Story 1"" Citation information USMC 101089: ""Tank Battalion Story 1"". (1D-16-55.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1436 Marine Corps Library Number 0077-16 Additional identifiers 1D-16-55; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101089 Decade 1940 Date 1944-08-21 Description A Company and unspecified tank battalion. Marines prepare tank to test flamethrower. Shots of different tanks, including tank bulldozers and retrievers. Signs indicate General Vandegrift troop inspection, and officers brief over map of Peleliu. Shots of Marines sitting on tanks. Marines known to be present in the film: Jack Naut (Cpl). Location(s) Pavuvu; Russell Islands Camera crew C. D. Evans (Sgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed on August 21st and 22nd, 1944. Division 1st 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 175 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 01/23/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 5:34 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II