USMC 109237: China Marines in Shanghai

Item Description
Title
USMC 109237: China Marines in Shanghai

Citation information
USMC 109237: China Marines in Shanghai. (R-2-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3768/1

Additional identifiers
R-2-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109237

Decade
1930

Description
Activity on the Huangpu River along the Bund in Shanghai, includes shots of a Japanese motor launch and unidentified naval vessels along ""Warship Row."" Shots along the wharf show launches for British and French vessels. Scenes along Shanghai streets include the poor and indigent sleeping on sidewalks, views of bakers, textile manufacturing and construction. An unidentified Asian couple is photographed after their wedding.

Location(s)
Shanghai (China)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

Film date (note)
Filmed in the late 1920s or 1930s.

Regiment
4th Marines


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: positive

Original physical length
200

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
Content may be protected by copyright.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
03/11/2020

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

Digital runtime
6:50

Digital file type
video/H264