USMC 103936: 4th Marines board ship at Guadalcanal

Item Description
Title
USMC 103936: 4th Marines board ship at Guadalcanal

Citation information
USMC 103936: 4th Marines board ship at Guadalcanal. (3AC-16-102; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/954

Marine Corps Library Number
2484-16

Additional identifiers
3AC-16-102; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103936

Decade
1940

Date
1944-05-30

Description
Marines board a ship at Guadalcanal on May 30, 1944. Marines load artillery shells onto a DUKW. Marines board LCVPs on the beach. Footage of LCVPs in water. Marines depart in LCVPs and board LST-243. Ships featured in the film: LST-243 and USS Centaurus (AKA-17).

Location(s)
Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)

Camera crew
Rohde

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on May 30, 1944.

Regiment
4th Marines


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
174

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
5/18/2021

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

Digital runtime
4:50

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II