USMC 101848: Activities at on USS Darke and USS Talladega

Item Description
Title
USMC 101848: Activities at on USS Darke and USS Talladega

Citation information
USMC 101848: Activities at on USS Darke and USS Talladega. (5D-16-31; 8276; R-7-13.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/781

Marine Corps Library Number
0861-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-31; 8276; R-7-13

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101848

Decade
1940

Date
1945-01-27

Description
Two sequences on film. The first is 26th Marines on USS Darke (APA-159) traveling from Eniwetok to Saipan and activities on the island. Specific scenes include Marines doing calisthenics on deck, PFC Steve Yavelack Jr holding a sand shark caught by Lt. Kent Arnold. Sgt. Harry Baumbeck and Capt. R. R. Bucher issue clothing. Pfc. R. L. Gates, Pfc. G. G. Put, Pfc. J. J, Arlock, Pfc. A. Vanche, and Cpl. J. A. Magazzini play a game. J. Ridgerson boxes. Lt. H. L. Johnson Jr, Lt. B. N. Norlin, Cpl. R. D. Donnelson, Pfc. L. W. Cortes, Pfc. T. H. Lauer, and R. J. Jones are also shown. LCU loaded onto ship and shown headed towards shore. On land, African American Army men help Marines move howitzers, including "Glamour Gal" by crane and by foot. They are set up an camouflaged. The second sequence, off Honolulu, shows an African American gun crew firing at a rabbit plane from USS Talladega (APA-208).

Location(s)
Eniwetok Area; Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Honolulu (Hawaii)

Camera crew
A. S. Tracy (Cpl); L. L. Louft

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed January 27th-February 13th, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
26th Marines
13th Marines


Battalion
3rd Battalion


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
440

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
08/02/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:46

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II