USMC 103517: General Holcomb home movies

Item Description
Title
USMC 103517: General Holcomb home movies

Citation information
USMC 103517: General Holcomb home movies. (HOLCOMB #00306.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
08/2611

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
HOLCOMB #00306

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103517

Decade
1920

Date
1929

Description
Home movie footage associated with the life of Thomas Holcomb who commanded the Marine detachment in Beijing (Peking, China from August 1927 to February 1930). Scenes of the Marble Boat at Wan Shou Shan, a funeral on Hatamen street, the Ming tombs with the Davis, Moses, and Curtiss famillies, the horse races at Pao Ma Chang, Marines passing in review, the Forbidden City, horseback riding, the Great Wall of China at Nan Kou pass, Marines drilling, and the Leifeng Pagoda.

Location(s)
China; Beijing (China); Hangzhou (China)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1929.

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
1012

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
1/11/2021

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

Digital runtime
16:52

Digital file type
video/H264