USMC 101653: Talasea, New Britain operations

Item Description
Title
USMC 101653: Talasea, New Britain operations

Citation information
USMC 101653: Talasea, New Britain operations. (1D-16-13; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/39

Marine Corps Library Number
0732-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-13; R-1-1; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101653

Decade
1940

Date
1944-03-08

Description
Operations near Talasea on New Britain. Local civilians clear brush for airstrip. Marines patrol and examine wrecked Japanese eqiupment. Flag raising with honor guard and Col. O. P. Smith. Marines load equipment on LVTs and move it to another area.

Location(s)
Talasea (New Britain)

Camera crew
A. F. Monteverde; A. S. Carter

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 8th-11th, 1944.

Division
1st Division


Regiment
5th Marines


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
290

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
11/13/2019

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

Digital runtime
7:50

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II