USMC 103326: Marines depart

Description: 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