USMC 101984: 6th Tank Battalion on Okinawa

Item Description
Title
USMC 101984: 6th Tank Battalion on Okinawa

Citation information
USMC 101984: 6th Tank Battalion on Okinawa. (6D-16-13; R-5-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3922

Marine Corps Library Number
1014-16

Additional identifiers
6D-16-13; R-5-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101984

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-20

Description
Convoy to Okinawa and shots of LSTs. Trucks and tanks repaired on Okinawa. Marines look at and work on Japanese roadblock hole.

Location(s)
Okinawa; Ulithi

Camera crew
C. W. Evans; Naivanko

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in late March and early April, 1945.

Division
6th Division


Battalion
6th Tank Bn


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
375

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
08/17/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:57

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II