USMC 101981: Japanese demobilization

Item Description
Title
USMC 101981: Japanese demobilization

Citation information
USMC 101981: Japanese demobilization. (5D-16-57; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/267

Marine Corps Library Number
0982-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-57; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101981

Decade
1940

Date
1945-10-08

Description
Japanese troops in formation and carrying equipment. Marines from the 27th Regiment arrive at Saga on DUKWs. Japanese civilians in boats. Cameraman atop a moving vehicle surveys bomb damage to the city and then documents undamaged parts of the city. An intelligence party tours facilities in Hongo with Japanese officials, emphasizing weapons caches, etc.

Location(s)
Saga (Japan); Hongo (Japan)

Camera crew
Powers

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed October 8th and 17th, 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
324

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/30/2025

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
9:15

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II