USMC 103451: Marines in Puerto Rico, 1947

Item Description
Title
USMC 103451: Marines in Puerto Rico, 1947

Citation information
USMC 103451: Marines in Puerto Rico, 1947. (HQ-16-126; R-20-32; v.1; MH-6446.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
1012

Marine Corps Library Number
2148-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-126; R-20-32; v.1; MH-6446

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103451

Decade
1940

Date
1947-07-02

Description
Shots around Puerto Rico in 1947. Marines leave "Pop's Place Bar and Grill". Footage of the entrance to the Roosevelt Roads base. A Marine sentry stands guard. Marines explore an old fortress. A Marine Staff Sergeant walks with his family in a small town. Citizens prepare chickens for a cockfight. Footage of the cockfight. Marines riding in the back of a pickup truck leave the Caribbean National Forest. Films slated as being made for production MH-6446. Content related to USMC 103438.

Location(s)
Roosevelt Roads (P.R.)

Camera crew
Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 2 and 3, 1947.

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
226

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
11/24/2020

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

Digital runtime
6:17

Digital file type
video/H264