USMC 102287: Airstrip and roads at Cape Torokina

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102287: Airstrip and roads at Cape Torokina Citation information USMC 102287: Airstrip and roads at Cape Torokina. (3D-16-11; R-1-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1523 Marine Corps Library Number 1282-16 Additional identifiers 3D-16-11; R-1-4 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102287 Decade 1940 Description Marines construct airstrip at Cape Torokina on Bougainville. Wounded are transferred from ambulance to C-47 which takes off. Marines march and drive along roads. Wounded is assisted in the field Location(s) Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed between 1943 and 1944. Division 3rd 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 310 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 09/25/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:36 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II