USMC 111143: Pohang Korea

Item Description
Title
USMC 111143: Pohang Korea

Citation information
USMC 111143: Pohang Korea. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/6362

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111143

Decade
1950

Description
Informal views of the Pohang, Korean area. These include Military Police (MPs) interacting with a woman in the doorway of a building marked ""Off limits to all military personnel""; scenes of boats along a waterfront; children at the Pohang Orphanage (""The Eden of Angels"") and the Catholic Holy Mother Orphange; and sightseeing at historic buildings. The film also features another cameraman in military uniform posing with his cine camera.

Location(s)
Pohang (South Korea)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in the early 1950s.

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
180

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
07/24/2023

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

Digital runtime
5:23

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War