USMC 102716: 4th Marines beach landing exercise at Okinawa

Item Description
Title
USMC 102716: 4th Marines beach landing exercise at Okinawa

Citation information
USMC 102716: 4th Marines beach landing exercise at Okinawa. (3D-16-238; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1615

Marine Corps Library Number
1618-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-238; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102716

Decade
1950

Date
1954-8-6

Description
LCUs, LCMs, and LVTPs unload Marines and equipment on beach. DUKW tows jeeps. Shots of memorial service and 4th Marine CO John C. Miller Jr speaking. Shots of Marines, including African American Marines, in the field, cleaning and firing rifles and guns, eating rations, patrolling, and assisting wounded.

Location(s)
Okinawa

Camera crew
C. R. Newman (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed August 6th and 7th, 1954.

Division
3rd Division


Regiment
4th Marines


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
210

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
12/05/2019

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

Digital runtime
6:57

Digital file type
video/H264