USMC 101653: Talasea, New Britain operations

Description: 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