USMC 103977: Salvage dump at Saipan

Item Description
Title
USMC 103977: Salvage dump at Saipan

Citation information
USMC 103977: Salvage dump at Saipan. (5AC-16-30; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/988

Marine Corps Library Number
2557-16

Additional identifiers
5AC-16-30; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103977

Decade
1940

Date
1944-06

Description
25th Marines work in a salvage dump with ammo, weapons, clothes, and other salvage gear between June 15 and July 9, 1944. Japanese prisoners of war unload salvage metal, lumber, and supplies.

Location(s)
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)

Camera crew
William H. Genaust

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed between June 15 and July 9, 1944.

Division
4th Division


Regiment
25th 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
357

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
5/28/2021

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

Digital runtime
9:55

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II