USMC 103341: Marines embark ship

Item Description
Title
USMC 103341: Marines embark ship

Citation information
USMC 103341: Marines embark ship. (MISC-16-6; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1505

Marine Corps Library Number
2081-16

Additional identifiers
MISC-16-6; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103341

Decade
1940

Date
1945

Description
Marines walk aboard a troop ship at B Street Pier and wait with equipment at docks. Marines load equipment and trucks onto the ship. (note: transport appears to be USS President Monroe, prior to complete conversion to AP-104) Also note pith helmets and the mix of Army and Marine personnel. Personnel known to be in the film: Cavanaugh, D. R. Pappas, and G. E. Gerarden.

Location(s)
San Diego (Calif.)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1945 (probably, date derived from ship identification)

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
306

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
10/28/2020

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

Digital runtime
8:31

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II