USMC 103900: Landing at Sasebo, 1945

Item Description
Title
USMC 103900: Landing at Sasebo, 1945

Citation information
USMC 103900: Landing at Sasebo, 1945. (5D-16-109; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/441

Marine Corps Library Number
2422-16

Additional identifiers
5D-16-109; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103900

Decade
1940

Date
1945-09-06

Description
5th Division at sea on September 6, 1945. Footage of a naval convoy. Marines exercise aboard a ship. 5th Division lands at Sasebo on September 22, 1945. Marines disembark the USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) and board LCMs. LCMs land on the beach. Marines disembark LCMS. Marines travel via Jeeps. Marines use communication equipment.

Location(s)
Sasebo (Japan)

Camera crew
Cockrell; W. A. Spangler

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed September 6 and 22, 1945.

Division
5th Division


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
156

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
5/6/2021

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

Digital runtime
4:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II