USMC 102256: 9th Marines training on Guam

Item Description
Title
USMC 102256: 9th Marines training on Guam

Citation information
USMC 102256: 9th Marines training on Guam. (3D-16-88; R-1-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/3871

Marine Corps Library Number
1251-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-88; R-1-5

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102256

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-04

Description
1st Battalion, 9th Marines training in the field on Guam. Marines advance with bazookas, flamethrowers, rifles, mortars, and grenades. Fixed-wing aircraft provides close air support, and Marines feel their way through a mine field.

Location(s)
Guam

Camera crew
Alto L. Johns (Sgt); J. D. Wilson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 4th and 6th, 1945.

Division
3rd Division


Regiment
9th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


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
325

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
09/24/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:52

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II