USMC 101427: Aboard USS Swanson

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101427: Aboard USS Swanson Citation information USMC 101427: Aboard USS Swanson. (3D-16-80; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/154 Marine Corps Library Number 0409-16 Additional identifiers 3D-16-80; R-1-3; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101427 Decade 1940 Date 1945-1-15 Description Gun crews on USS Swanson (DD-443) firing on Rota. Lt. Cmdr. W. J. Ratliff directs. 3rd JASCO training with TBFs on the runway and in the air. Aerials of island. Location(s) Rota (Northern Mariana Islands) Camera crew J. B. Fellows; R. F. VanDerveer Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed January 15th and 16th, 1945. Division 3rd Division Squadron VMTB-131 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 08/27/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:35 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II