USMC 103523: General Holcomb home movies

Item Description
Title
USMC 103523: General Holcomb home movies

Citation information
USMC 103523: General Holcomb home movies. (HOLCOMB #00312.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
08/2604

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
HOLCOMB #00312

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103523

Decade
1920

Date
1927

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 shot in 1927 of a marmot, the Carp couple, Vancouver Sound, the Empress hotel in Victoria (B.C.), the SS President Pierce leaving port in San Francisco Bay, boating, Waikiki Beach in Honolulu (H.I.), Diamond Head on O'ahu, an unidentified Naval officer aboard a ship, street scenes and landscapes of Kobe (Japan), Ma and Li in front of Holcomb's quarters in Peking, the Legation guard swimming pool, Ta Pei Ssu, Pao Ma Chang racecourse, Nan Yuan racecourse, Frank's birthday party, and horseback riding.

Location(s)
Victoria (B.C.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); Honolulu (Hawaii); Kobe (Japan); Beijing (China)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

Film date (note)
Filmed at various times in 1927.

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
429

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
12/15/2020

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

Digital runtime
11:56

Digital file type
video/H264