USMC 101124: Okinawa boxing and 100,000 rounds

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101124: Okinawa boxing and 100,000 rounds Citation information USMC 101124: Okinawa boxing and 100,000 rounds. (1D-16-125.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/251 Marine Corps Library Number 0164-16 Additional identifiers 1D-16-125; V.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101124 Decade 1940 Date 1945-6-16 Description Boxing matches on Okinawa. Marines check weapons, fight, and the winner receives a Japanese statue. This is followed by scenes of 81mm mortars (5th Marines) and pack howitzers firing on Kunishi Ridge. The 1st Battalion, 11th Marines commemorate their 100,000 round fired. Location(s) Okinawa; Iejima (Okinawa Islands) Camera crew W. A. Spangler; Paul Peters (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed June 16th and 17th, 1945. Division 1st Division Regiment 5th Marines 11th Marines Battalion 2nd 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 350 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 01/30/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:07 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II