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Capture of Tarawa from Japan

Film | Accession Number: 1992.259.1 | RG Number: RG-60.0452 | Film ID: 405

The invasion fleet moves toward Tarawa. Marines land and fight after a naval bombardment. Shows the effect of the attack on Japanese emplacement.

Film Title: United Newsreel
Duration: 00:05:14
Date: Event: November 1943
Production: 1943
Locale: Japan
Language: English
Genre/Form: Newsreels.
Credit: Accessed at US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

Contributor: Producer: United News Company
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Fair
Time Code: 02:01:38:00 to 02:06:52:00
Film Format: Master
Master 405 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Master 406 Video: One Inch - 1 inch - NTSC
Preservation
Preservation 405 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
Keyword: DESTRUCTION
FIGHTING
JAPAN
MILITARY ADVANCES
MILITARY VEHICLES
NAVY (GERMAN)
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (JAPANESE)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in December 1992. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's Learning Center.
Note: United News Contents Sheets available in departmental files.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 2036
Source Archive Number: 208 UN 80
Copyright: No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
: Record last modified: 2020-02-04 10:38:45
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