USMC 103974: Supplies in Saipan

Item Description
Title
USMC 103974: Supplies in Saipan

Citation information
USMC 103974: Supplies in Saipan. (5AC-16-28; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/987

Marine Corps Library Number
2556-16

Additional identifiers
5AC-16-28; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103974

Decade
1940

Date
1944-06

Description
On Saipan, the 23rd Marines transfer supplies from LCM to LVT and to jeep trailers to designated supply area in June 1944. Footage of exploding shells. Footage of naval fleet offshore. Ships featured in the film: USS Herald of the Morning (AP-173). Marines known to be in the film: R. J. Phillips.

Location(s)
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

Camera crew
White; Dillon

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed between June 16 and June 26, 1944.

Division
4th Division
V Amphibious Corps


Regiment
23rd 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
272

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
7:34

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II