USMC 103326: Marines depart

Item Description
Title
USMC 103326: Marines depart

Citation information
USMC 103326: Marines depart. (LJ-16-182; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1611

Marine Corps Library Number
2068-16

Additional identifiers
LJ-16-182; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103326

Decade
1950

Description
Marines depart from a train terminal and say goodbye to their families. An unidentified Marine says goodbye to his family and boards a Pullman train. Footage of several armored vehicles in background as the train departs. Marines look out of the window of the train as it departs and waive goodbye to their families. Trailer buses arrive with Marines onboard. Marines exit the trailer buses and form up. Marines sit around in groups waiting for transportation. LVTs and tanks sit on flat rail cars in the background. Marines arrive on buses, exit buses, and form up. Marines arrive in cars and say goodbye to their families. Footage of the entire departure area as it rains: a train carrying vehicles departs, Marines wait on buses, civilians and Marines wait in cars. Lieutenant General LeRoy P. Hunt and unidentified officers talk to Marines before they depart. Marines board a train. Unidentified officers, including a Brigadier General and a Major General, watch as Marines board a train. A Marine Corps Band ensemble plays music as Marines board the train. A large base drum being played reads, "USMC Second Marine Division". Civilians watch as Marines board the train. A train carrying Jeeps, DUKWs, and Marines departs. In the background sit stockpiled LVTA-3s and LVT-3s. Marines unload supplies from a semi-trailer truck into a train car. One of the bags being loaded into the train car reads, "Pavick". Other Marines known to be in the film: C. J. Donovan.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between July 1, 1949 and July 1, 1951, evidenced by the presence of Lieutenant General LeRoy P. Hunt.

Division
2nd 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
426

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
10/27/2020

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

Digital runtime
11:51

Digital file type
video/H264