USMC 101906: Marines arriving at Sasebo

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101906: Marines arriving at Sasebo Citation information USMC 101906: Marines arriving at Sasebo. (5D-16-45; P-2610; 16-109; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/391 Marine Corps Library Number 0890-16 Additional identifiers 5D-16-45; P-2610; 16-109; R-2-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101906 Decade 1940 Date 1945-09-18 Description Marines arrive at Sasebo on USS Westmoreland (APA-104). LCVs are loaded with Marines. Mail and a man are transferred via buoy line between destroyer and APA. Army and Marines officers, including General Thomas E Bourke, meet with Japanese officials. Marines get disinfected after disembarking, march, and look at Japanese recruitment poster. Civilians make their way to work through the dock area. Location(s) Sasebo (Japan) Camera crew A. S. Tracy (Cpl) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed September 18th-22nd, 1945. Division 5th Division 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 200 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 08/08/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 8:03 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II