USMC 101157: Supplies in Saipan 1944

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