USMC 110091: ""Paricutin Volcano""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110091: ""Paricutin Volcano""

Citation information
USMC 110091: ""Paricutin Volcano"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3157/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110091

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06

Description
A USAF informational film follows scientists as they analyze the eruption of Paricutin in Mexico. Members of the expedition are joined briefly by Igor Sikorsky.

Location(s)
Guadalajara (Mexico); San Juan Teotihuac�n (Mexico)

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Filmed from 1945 to 1948.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

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
04/21/2023

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

Digital runtime
23:14

Digital file type
video/H264