USMC 111334: 26th Marine Regiment deploys from San Diego

Item Description
Title
USMC 111334: 26th Marine Regiment deploys from San Diego

Citation information
USMC 111334: 26th Marine Regiment deploys from San Diego. (J1/84; 24-171-750; J1/81; 56-296-477; R-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY: Color Master stock reel 7

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
J1/84; 24-171-750; J1/81; 56-296-477; R-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111334

Decade
1940

Date
1944-07-22

Description
Marines of the 26th Regiment read a paper announcing the invasion of Guam. Others march through streets of San Diego to board transports. MajGen Keller E. Rockey with staff walk to the docks to observe. Supplies are hoisted aboard and men line up with gear (some with non-regulation covers and a mascot). Civilians wave from the dock as the transport pushes away from its birth. A second, unrelated, item from the 1950s features an an officer from a foreign military visiting West Coast bases, signage includes VMF-323 Ordnance.

Location(s)
San Diego (Calif.)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in July 1944 and in the 1950s.

Division
5th Division


Regiment
26th Marines


Squadron
VMF-323


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
400

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
03/22/2024

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

Digital runtime
10:45

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video