USMC 113015: ""Now It Can Be Told""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 113015: ""Now It Can Be Told"" Citation information USMC 113015: ""Now It Can Be Told"". (MN 5883.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no BY Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers MN 5883 MIRC inventory no. USMC 113015 Decade 1940 Date 1945 Description War worker incentive film highlighting the U. S. Navy shortly after Victory in Europe was declared. Narrator presents ""your ship"" the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-6) as it sails with a task force from May 15, 1944. The task force includes five destroyer escorts: USS Pillsbury (DE-133), USS Chatelain (DE-149), USS Pope (DE-134), USS Flaherty (DE-135) and USS Reuben James (DE-153). The Guadalcanal successfully captures a German U-Boat intact (U-505) on June 4, 1944. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Industrial Incentive Division; U.S. Navy Genre Conflict (combat) Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Release print Original physical length 600 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 04/24/2025 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 16.31 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II