USMC 104664: Cape Gloucester Reel II

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104664: Cape Gloucester Reel II Citation information USMC 104664: Cape Gloucester Reel II. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 04/879 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104664 Decade 1940 Date 1944-01-14 Description LtCol J.E. Weber (C.O. 1/7) holds plasma while corpsmen attend to a wounded Marine. 105mm Howitzers (11th Marines) fire a mission. Wounded are brought out of dense jungle and loaded onto transport. A heavy weapons company tends its equipment and displays a captured Japanese flag. A tracking shot from atop a vehicle in the surf shows Marine encampment at the water's edge. Aerial views show beachhead with a damaged wharf. More views show the airfield under repair and improvement as well as the 1st Marine Division cemetery recently laid out with two rows of graves. Marines improve defensive positions with barbed wire and heavy weapons. Marines take fire from Japanese positions located on Hill 660. They return fires with light machines guns and light armor. Col Julian N. Frisbie (C.O. 7th Marines) seeks cover. 7th Marines are relieved after 21 days of combat. Damaged landing craft piled ashore. A review of Japanese emplacements on Hill 660 overlooking Borgen Bay and then a Marine O.P. Survey of area include Japanese dead. Marines are shown moving off beach and onto transports. Location(s) New Britain (Papua New Guinea) Camera crew Carter, Arthur S. (Lt); Monteverde, A.F. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed over throughout the Cap Gloucester Campaign January 1944. Division 1st Division Regiment 7th Marines Battalion 1st Battalion 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 850 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 04/28/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 25:25 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II