USMC 100445: Amphibious vehicle tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 100445: Amphibious vehicle tests

Citation information
USMC 100445: Amphibious vehicle tests. 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
VC-261; Pendleton #RX2; #638

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100445

Description
Amphibious vehicle tests conducted by the West Coast Branch Amphibious Vehicle Division at the Marine Corps Tracked Vehicle Test & Experimental Unit, based at Camp Pendleton. Includes surf and beach tests of LVTP-6 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel) family vehicles and a LARC-V (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo, 5 ton) cargo vehicle. Also features shots of various decommissioned vehicles at the unit's Landing Vehicle Tracked Museum, including an LVT(U)XI, LVT(U)X2, LVTA-5, LVTA-X, LVT-3C, LVT-1, and LVT-2.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed after 1958, maybe 1960s.

Division
1st Division


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. 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
05/21/2018

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

Digital runtime
13:50

Digital file type
video/H264