USMC 101765: Exploring Tinian

Item Description
Title
USMC 101765: Exploring Tinian

Citation information
USMC 101765: Exploring Tinian. (AVN-16-58, P-1851.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/4233

Marine Corps Library Number
0808-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-58; P-1851

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101765

Decade
1940

Date
1945

Description
TBM Avengers, probably of VMTB-242, fly in formation over Tinian. Marines explore wrecked Japanese factory and historic ruins.

Location(s)
Tinian (Mariana Islands)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed sometime in 1945 when squadron was based off Tinian.

Squadron
VMTB-242


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
420

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
03/06/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:28

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II