USMC 100410: "LVT PXD-1 High Surf Test"

Item Description
Title
USMC 100410: "LVT PXD-1 High Surf Test"

Citation information
USMC 100410: ""LVT PXD-1 High Surf Test"". 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
JA-A6-A-02

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100410

Decade
1960

Date
1966-01

Description
Edited film: a "Technical Report" produced by the West Coast Motion Picture Branch, Camp Pendleton. Shows a formal test of LVT (manufactured by FMC) coming ashore at Sand City, California. Sequences include shots from shore, from camera mounted atop the LVT and from interior of LVT.

Location(s)
Sand City (Calif.)

Military Grid Reference
10SFF02875301

Producing entity
West Coast Motion Picture Branch (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed in late January 1966.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
475

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
05/01/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
14:12

Digital file type
video/H264