USMC 101348: Landing at Garapan

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101348: Landing at Garapan Citation information USMC 101348: Landing at Garapan. (4D-16-7; R-47-54.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/178 Marine Corps Library Number 0521-16 Additional identifiers 4D-16-7; R-47-54; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101348 Decade 1940 Date 1944-6-15 Description Chaplain leads services on ship for Marines and sailors. Marines make amphibious landing on Saipan beach using LVTs and LCVPs from ships including USS Frederick Funston (APA-89) and USS Monrovia (APA-31). TMF flies over beach, which is covered with smoke. Location(s) Garapan (Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) Camera crew Jim R. Orton (Sgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Division 4th 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 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 04/23/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 13:14 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II