USMC 100445: Amphibious vehicle tests

Description: 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