USMC 103231: ""With the Marines at Tarawa""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103231: ""With the Marines at Tarawa"" Citation information USMC 103231: ""With the Marines at Tarawa"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 03/719 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103231 Decade 1940 Date 1943-11-20 Description Official film of the United State Marine Corps' Combat Camera crews provides the footage for this wartime documentary about the Battle of Tarawa. Multiple Marines regiments are included: 2nd, 8th, 6th, 10th and 18th as well as the 2nd Tank Battalion. Location(s) Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) Camera crew Norm Hatch; Obie Newcombe; John Leopold Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed between November 20th and 24th, 1943. Released March 1944. Division 2nd Division Regiment 2nd Marines 8th Marines 10th Marines 18th Marines Battalion 2nd Tank Battalion Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 700 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 10/02/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 19:29 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II