USMC 102557: In memory of 2nd amphibious tractor battalion dead

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102557: In memory of 2nd amphibious tractor battalion dead Citation information USMC 102557: In memory of 2nd amphibious tractor battalion dead. (2D-16-4; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1613 Marine Corps Library Number 1462-16 Additional identifiers 2D-16-4; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102557 Decade 1940 Description Marines observe plaque on shelled LVT memorializing the dead of the 2nd amphibious tractor battalion during the battle of Tarawa. Location(s) Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Probably filmed in 1944 or 1945. Battalion 2nd amphibious tractor 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 50 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 11/07/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 1:28 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II