USMC 101169: Lead up to and on Peleliu

Item Description
Title
USMC 101169: Lead up to and on Peleliu

Citation information
USMC 101169: Lead up to and on Peleliu. (1D-16-62; R-5-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/355

Marine Corps Library Number
0262-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-62; R-5-8; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101169

Decade
1940

Date
1944-08-30

Description
Reel starts with communication station, tanks, and artillery fire on Peleliu in mid-September. Continues with 8/30 slates indicating officer briefing, but not shown. Continues with early September shipboard activities, including the signal bridge with flags and indicators and mass and Protestant services, on the convoy to Peleliu from Guadalcanal.

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

Camera crew
Paul Peters (Sgt); A. F. Monteverde (MSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed August 30th, September 8th, 10th, and 20th, 1944.

Division
1st Division


Regiment
5th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
400

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
02/21/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:22

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video