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War in the Pacific, kamikaze attacks, USS Franklin bombed

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.122 | RG Number: RG-60.3360 | Film ID: 2555

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    War in the Pacific, kamikaze attacks, USS Franklin bombed

    Overview

    Description
    Documentary with intertitles produced for the home movie market by Castle Films Productions. War in the Pacific: kamikaze attacks, boats, US soldiers, fighting at sea and on land in Japan, USS Franklin bombed, fighting the fire, medics and chaplain attend to the wounded, columns of smoke, Statue of Liberty, Purple Heart ceremony. THE END
    Duration
    00:09:28
    Date
    Event:  1943-1945
    Locale
    Pacific Ocean
    Japan
    New York, NY, United States
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Claranne Bechtler
    Contributor
    Producer: Castle Films, Inc.
    Camera Operator: US Navy cameramen
    Subject: John C. Bechtler
    Biography
    Castle Films was started in 1924 by Eugene W. Castle, the former Pacific Coast film editor at Fox Movietone News. Castle became a successful producer of industrial and advertising short subjects. Castle began compiling shorts, travelogues and newsreels for use in schools. The lure of the home movie market proved lucrative for Castle. In 1936, they became one of the first home movie companies to actually sell their product to the general public. In 1937, Castle started Castle Films News Parade, a sort of "newscast" one could view at home rather than at the theater. In 1946, Castle Films became a division of United World Films, which in turn was absorbed by Universal in 1947. In the 1970s, Castle Films became Universal 8. Public domain status confirmed by NBC Universal.
    John Christopher Bechtler was a U.S. soldier in Berchtesgaden in April-May 1945, serving with the Counter Intelligence Corps. He arrested and interrogated various Germans at the end of the war.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Silent
    Genre/Form
    Documentary.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:00:00:00 to 01:09:28:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - fine grain master - B-wind - reversal
      Master 2555 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - fine grain master - B-wind - reversal
      Master 2555 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - fine grain master - B-wind - reversal
      Master 2555 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
      Master 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - fine grain master - B-wind - reversal
      Master 2555 Video: Betacam SP - PAL - small
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2555 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2555 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2555 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2555 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2555 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2555 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
      Preservation 2555 Film: negative - 16 mm - polyester - b&w - duplicate negative - A-wind - Kodak - 3234
      Preservation 2555 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
    • User
    • User 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - silent - workprint
      User 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - silent - workprint
      User 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - silent - workprint
      User 2555 Film: positive - 16 mm - b&w - silent - workprint

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    Claranne Bechtler, the daughter of John Christopher Bechtler, donated her father's film materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1995 [Accession Number 1995.A.875]. Most of these items were deaccessioned in March 2000; 18 reels of film, however, were transferred to the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and were never officially deaccessioned or removed from the Museum's premises. They were officially "donated" again by Mrs. Bechtler in June 2003 with the Accession Number 2003.122.
    Film Source
    Ms. Claranne M. Bechtler
    John C. Bechtler
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 3362
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:45:56
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