USMC 104043: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104043: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital Citation information USMC 104043: Purple Heart award ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital. (FMFP-16-7; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1267 Marine Corps Library Number 2607-16 Additional identifiers FMFP-16-7; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104043 Decade 1940 Date 1944-10-13 Description Purple Heart ceremony at Aiea Naval Hospital on October 13, 1944. Navy and Marine cameramen film an interview between a wounded Marine, a naval surgeon, and a nurse. Nurses of the American Red Cross walk down steps. Lieutenant General Holland Smith chats with an unidentified Navy Captain. Wounded Marines stand in formation. Nurses and sailors sort boxes containing Purple Hearts. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz speaks into a microphone. The staff car of a Lieutenant General departs. Lieutenant General Harry Schmidt, Major General Thomas E. Watson, Major General Pedro del Valle, Smith, Major General James T. Moore, and unidentified officers chat. Smith, Moore, and unidentified naval officers pin Purple Hearts on Marines' uniforms. A Marine band plays music. Footage of the U.S. flag. Marines depart. Title cards read, "Purple Heart Presentation October 13, 1944 Aiea Naval Hospital Photographed by United States Marine Corps Photographic Section FMF PacificContent related to USMC 103973. Location(s) Aiea (HI) Camera crew Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on October 13, 1944. Division V Amphibious Corps 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 392 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 6/17/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:54 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II