USMC 103375: TTU convoy leaves Norfolk

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103375: TTU convoy leaves Norfolk Citation information USMC 103375: TTU convoy leaves Norfolk. (HQ-16-98; R-13-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1554 Marine Corps Library Number 2106-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-98; R-13-22 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103375 Decade 1940 Description The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. Footage of the entrance to U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk. Marines march in column formation with the USS Montague (AKA-98) and the USS LST-532 in the background. Footage of the Norfolk Naval yard. Footage of ships, including the USS Cambria (APA-36), the USS Marquette (AKA-95), and the USS Okaloosa (APA-219), moored in the harbor. Troops board the USS Okaloosa. Naval officers inspect cargo. Sailors load cargo onto a ship. Footage of a gun on the fantail of a ship. Troop ships follow in the background. Footage of a 40 mm antiaircraft gun on board a ship. Sailors and Marines view Castillo San Felipe del Morro from the side of a ship. Sailors and Marines watch as their ship docks in San Juan. Location(s) Norfolk (Va.); San Juan (P.R.) Camera crew Olund Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between 1946 and 1955, evidenced by the presence of the USS Okaloosa (APA-219). Content related to USMC 103310. 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 373 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 11/10/2020 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:22 Digital file type video/H264