USMC 102287: Airstrip and roads at Cape Torokina

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