USMC 103518: General Holcomb home movies

Genre: home movie

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103518: General Holcomb home movies Citation information USMC 103518: General Holcomb home movies. (HOLCOMB #00307.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 08/2599 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers HOLCOMB #00307 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103518 Decade 1920 Description Home movie footage associated with General Thomas Holcomb who commanded the Marine detachment in Beijing (Peking, China from August 1927 to February 1930). Scenes of horseback riding, Holcomb's Pao Ma Chang cottage, a tug of war between the U.S. and Italian legation guards, Itialian Commandant Lieutenant Bigliardi, Lantern Street at New Year's time, Zhengyangmen (Chien Men) and Wall Street, the guard compound and the legation compound under snow, drill on glacis by 38th and 39th companies, a boy playing with dogs, a paper chase near Maud's Bridge, explorer Roy Andrews, Chips Smallwood, Freddy Meyer, and Jimmie Barton talking, an artesian well being dug in the corral, San Shan An temple, a luncheon party for RADM Mark Lambert Bristol at Pao Ma Chang, swimming, General Pao Yu Lin leaves Peking by the Chi Hua Men, the Shanhsi troops entering through Zhengyangmen, polo, and the Temple of Heaven. The film includes flags and armbands featuring swastikas (religious symbol). Location(s) Beijing (China) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Amateur (home movies) Film date (note) Filmed from approximately 1927 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 443 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 12/23/2020 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:19 Digital file type video/H264