USMC 102509: Marines on ships, TBMs, and tanks

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102509: Marines on ships, TBMs, and tanks Citation information USMC 102509: Marines on ships, TBMs, and tanks. (AVN-16-168; R-36-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/783 Marine Corps Library Number 1418-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168; R-36-83 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102509 Decade 1940 Date 1944-03-10 Description Multiple sequences. Motor pool mechanics work on jeep and half tracks. Shots of camp (unidentified). Aerials of ships at sea, and TBMs flying (film associated with CASD-4 from USS Cape Gloucester, CVE-109). Marines in formation on deck of ship. LSTs unload on beach, and Sherman tanks load out. Location(s) Camp Tarawa (HI) Camera crew Tracy Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed March 10th and July 6th, 1944. Division 5th Division Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MCVG-4 MASG-48 Squadron CASD-4 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 430 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 10/09/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:03 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II