USMC 101157: Supplies in Saipan 1944

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101157: Supplies in Saipan 1944 Citation information USMC 101157: Supplies in Saipan 1944. (2D-16-21; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/185 Marine Corps Library Number 0224-16 Additional identifiers 2D-16-21; R-2-3; V.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101157 Decade 1940 Date 1944-07-15 Description Shots of supplies and equipment. 155mm gun is fired. Marine Provisional Rocket Detachment poses with International M-2-4 Rocket Trucks mounted with T45 launchers. Close up detail of the firing systems followed by films of individual and detachment barrages. Candid sequence of Combat Cameraman taking pictures. Marines stencil boxes and work on camo netting. Men unload from ship into LCVP. Location(s) Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) Camera crew John F. Ercole (SSgt); Jim R. Orton (Sgt) 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 375 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 02/18/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:26 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II