USMC 104669: Our Enemy, the Japanese

Item Description
Title
USMC 104669: Our Enemy, the Japanese

Citation information
USMC 104669: Our Enemy, the Japanese. (00128.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/895

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00128

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104669

Description
Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures releases an informational/training film for the Navy about Imperial Japan and the Okinawa Invasion. A film explains the cultural differences between Japan and the West. Included is footage of Japanese daily life as well as combat footage. Emperor Hirohito (Showa).
The second film is about the American capture of the island of Okinawa and how they maintain the indigenous population and their own while at war with the Japanese army in the North. Combat footage is shown, featuring M116 howitzers, M1 rifles, C82 planes, M-2-4 rocket trucks, M1917 Browning heavy machine guns, M1919 medium machine guns, M1A1 recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher, amongst others.

Location(s)
Japan

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
1300

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
06/06/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
37:55

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II