USMC 102261: 8th Marines disembarking and exercising on USS Bottineau

Item Description
Title
USMC 102261: 8th Marines disembarking and exercising on USS Bottineau

Citation information
USMC 102261: 8th Marines disembarking and exercising on USS Bottineau. (2D-16-103.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1238

Marine Corps Library Number
2279-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-103

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102261

Decade
1950

Date
1951-09-25

Description
2nd Battalion, 8th Marines disembark from USS Bottineau (APA-235) to LCVPs using cargo net and re-embark the same way off the Chesapeake Bay. Marines do exercises on ship deck off Puerto Rico a few days later.

Location(s)
Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Puerto Rico

Camera crew
R. E. Richey (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
1st sequence filmed September 25th, 1945. 2nd sequence filmed October 1st, 1951.

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
8th Marines


Battalion
2nd 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
300

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
09/21/2019

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

Digital runtime
7:38

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War