USMC 103978: Planes (SBDs and TBMs) in the Pacific

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103978: Planes (SBDs and TBMs) in the Pacific Citation information USMC 103978: Planes (SBDs and TBMs) in the Pacific. (3AC-16-99; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1578 Marine Corps Library Number 2558-16 Additional identifiers 3AC-16-99; R-2-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103978 Decade 1940 Description SBDs and TBMS on a Pacific Island. Marines refuel and park SBDs on the runway. Pilots arrive to the runway in a truck. TBMs take off and land. Marines examine a canteen damaged by an enemy bullet. SBDs take off. A truck tows bomb flat cars. Marines play horseshoes. Marines known to be in the film: John Mitchell (possibly John W. Mitchell of the United States Army Air Forces). Location(s) Pacific Islands Camera crew Rhodes Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between January 20, 1942 and September 2, 1945. 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 402 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 11:11 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II