USMC 103513: General Holcomb home movies

Item Description
Title
USMC 103513: General Holcomb home movies

Citation information
USMC 103513: General Holcomb home movies. (HOLCOMB #00302.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
08/2607

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
HOLCOMB #00302

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103513

Decade
1920

Description
Home movie film associated with the life of Gen. Thomas Holcomb. Various scenes of Egypt and Italy. In Egypt, scenes of the pyramids, the Sphinx, dragoman, camels, and al-Azhar mosque in Cairo. In Italy, scenes of Mount Vesuvius, the towns of Sorrento and Almafi, the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, Hadrian's Villa and the Villa d'Este, Venetian canals and St. Mark's Square.

Location(s)
Egypt.; Italy.; Cairo (Egypt); Rome (Italy); Venice (Italy)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

Film date (note)
Possibly related to 1930

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
333

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
Content may be protected by copyright.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
12/9/2020

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

Digital runtime
9:15

Digital file type
video/H264