USMC 101706: Awards and beer party

Item Description
Title
USMC 101706: Awards and beer party

Citation information
USMC 101706: Awards and beer party. (AVN-16-174; R-1-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1145

Marine Corps Library Number
0766-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-174; R-1-8; V.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101706

Decade
1940

Date
1945-08-10

Description
Marines and sailors in formation to receive awards from Admiral Durgin on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). LVTs to and from beach for beer party. Beer is cooled using fire extinguishers.

Location(s)
China Sea

Camera crew
Gaunt

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed August 10th-16th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4


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
375

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
07/30/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:@3

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II