USMC 101961: Tarawa aftermath

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101961: Tarawa aftermath Citation information USMC 101961: Tarawa aftermath. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/1950 Marine Corps Library Number 0918-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101961 Decade 1940 Date 1943 Description Marines on wrecked beach with destroyed guns, buildings, and bodies. Prisoners of war interrogated on beach. Planes providing close air support and landing on runway. One crashes (TBM or F6F). Marines in formation, leaving island. Marines take rubber boat to retrieve body from water, and then a funeral is held at sea on ship. Location(s) Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed late 1943. Division 2nd 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 08/13/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:32 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II