USMC 103973: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital

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