USMC 100653: Tactical training and equipment tests at 29 Palms

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100653: Tactical training and equipment tests at 29 Palms Citation information USMC 100653: Tactical training and equipment tests at 29 Palms . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3100/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100653 Decade 1970 Description Film documenting multiple equipment tests and training exercises at 29 Palms in California, most likely between 1970 and 1984. Starting with aerial views, Marines are seen loading and operating heavy artillery, recoilless rifles, a HAWK missile and artillery as well as maneuvering tanks (potentially M48 tanks) across desert terrain. A formation of helicopters can be seen briefly, followed by a test bomb-drop by a AV-8A Harrier aircraft, which then lands. Film includes brief shots of radio communications, the encampment of the Tactical Warfare Analysis and Evaluation System (TWAES) (potentially at the Naval Electronics Laboratory Center for the Fleet Marine Force) and LVTP-7s on the move, boarding and disembarking troops who proceed on foot, carrying rifles. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between 1970 and 1984. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 75 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 08/06/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 2:04 Digital file type video/H264