USMC 104044: Memorial Day services at Halawa

Item Description
Title
USMC 104044: Memorial Day services at Halawa

Citation information
USMC 104044: Memorial Day services at Halawa. (FMFP-16-20; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/973

Marine Corps Library Number
2610-16

Additional identifiers
FMFP-16-20; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104044

Decade
1940

Date
1946-05-27

Description
Memorial Day services at Halawa Naval Cemetery on May 27-30, 1946. Marines, a Marine band, civilians, naval officers, and an unidentified Marine general (possibly Major General Graves B. Erskine) listen as a Marine chaplain speaks in front of a Pearl Harbor memorial. Military personnel salute as the Marine band plays music. A naval chaplain speaks into the microphone. Footage of a wreath with a ribbon that reads, "[illegible] to American Heroes." An arrangement of flowers left on the memorial has a ribbon that reads, "United States Marine Corps." The memorial has a sign that reads, "Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 There were others who gave their lives gallantly defending their ships and found no resting place in hollowed ground. Missing in action." In front of the memorial lies an anchor that has been painted white. Marines of MAG-15 load flower arrangements onto a R5D. Civilians and military personnel pay their respects at Halawa Naval Cemetery. Names listed on graves at the cemetery: Mervyn S. Bennion Captain USN 12-7-41 (posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor), Edwin Joseph Hill CPO USN 12-7-41 (posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor), James Ernest Lindsay, Jr. PFC USMC 12-7-41, Gordon Eshom Shive PFC USMC 12-7-41, and Gilbert Henry Whisler PFC USMC 12-7-41. Content related to USMC 101054.

Location(s)
Halawa Cemetery (HI)

Camera crew
F. G. Williamson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on May 27-30, 1946.

Air Group
MAG-15


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
229

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
6/18/2021

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

Digital runtime
6:23

Digital file type
video/H264