USMC 103912: I Marine Amphibious Corps

Item Description
Title
USMC 103912: I Marine Amphibious Corps

Citation information
USMC 103912: I Marine Amphibious Corps . (1MAC-16-14; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1422

Marine Corps Library Number
2456-16

Additional identifiers
1MAC-16-14; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103912

Decade
1940

Description
I Marine Amphibious Corps on an unidentified island in the South Pacific. Marines listen to an informal Marine band play music. Footage of surrounding landscape. Marines swim, brush teeth, and shave. A plane flies overhead. Marines travel via LCPs and LCVPs. Ships featured in the film: USS American Legion (APA-17).

Location(s)
South Pacific Islands

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between February 1, 1943 and April 15, 1944. Date based on ship identification and service history of the I Marine Amphibious Corps.

Division
3rd 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
125

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
5/11/2021

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

Digital runtime
3:29

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II