USMC 101909: Marines in Sasebo

Item Description
Title
USMC 101909: Marines in Sasebo

Citation information
USMC 101909: Marines in Sasebo. (5D-16-45; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/392

Marine Corps Library Number
0893-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-45; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101909

Decade
1940

Date
1945-09-22

Description
Shots around Sasebo, including harbor and navy yard, with Japanese civilians, soldiers, and Marines. USS Clermont (APA-143) sits in harbor. USS Westmoreland (APA-104) is guided into harbor by Japanese craft. Troops are unloaded. Marine officers, including General Thomas E. Bourke and Col. Sayers, talk to Japanese officials.

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 22nd and 23rd, 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
400

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
13:36

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II