USMC 103944: Artillery and meteorologists on Okinawa

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103944: Artillery and meteorologists on Okinawa Citation information USMC 103944: Artillery and meteorologists on Okinawa. (3AC-16-213; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/960 Marine Corps Library Number 2509-16 Additional identifiers 3AC-16-213; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103944 Decade 1940 Date 1945-05-14 Description 3rd Battalion artillery and meteorologists work on Okinawa on May 14-16, 1945. Marines answer phones and plot field of fire on artillery map. A Marine plots locations on a map of the Pacific theater. Marines use survey instruments to measure the ground. Meteorologists release weather balloons. Location(s) Okinawa Camera crew R. W. Miller Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed May 14-16, 1945. Division III Amphibious Corps Battalion 3rd Battalion 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 188 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 5/19/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 5:14 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II