USMC 103973: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103973: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital Citation information USMC 103973: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital. (3AC-16-15; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/905 Marine Corps Library Number 2555-16 Additional identifiers 3AC-16-15; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103973 Decade 1940 Date 1944-10-13 Description Purple Heart award ceremony at Aeia Naval Hospital on October 13, 1944. Marines form up. A Marine band plays music. Naval and Marine officers arrive at the ceremony. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz awards Marines with the Purple Heart. A Captain of the Navy Medical Corps speaks and shakes hands with Purple Heart recipients. Marine photographer Claveria handles a camera. Nurses of the American Red Cross and unidentified officers spectate. Content related to USMC 104043. Location(s) Aiea (HI) Camera crew Lebovitz Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on October 13, 1944. 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 132 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 5/27/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 3:41 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II