USMC 103463: Marines on Trinidad, 1947

Item Description
Title
USMC 103463: Marines on Trinidad, 1947

Citation information
USMC 103463: Marines on Trinidad, 1947. (HQ-16-326; R-26-32; MH-6446.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1087

Marine Corps Library Number
2154-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-326; R-26-32; MH-6446

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103463

Decade
1940

Date
1947-07-21

Description
Marines interact with civilians at checkpoint and in the field on Trinidad in 1947. Signs read "USNOB Guard Force Cantonment USNOB Guard Force 1" and "U.S.N.O.B. Guard Force". Local troops frisk civilians as they pass through a checkpoint into a cantonment. A Commonwealth Corporal and two Marines supervise as civilians gather raw material (unidentified). Footage of goods being transported on a ropeway conveyor. Marines and civil ians inspect shells. Content related to USMC 103455. Films slated as being made for production MH-6446.

Location(s)
Trinidad

Camera crew
Maxwell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 21, 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
293

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
12/1/2020

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

Digital runtime
8:09

Digital file type
video/H264