USMC 100723: Supporting arms ""Naval Gunfire""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100723: Supporting arms ""Naval Gunfire"" Citation information USMC 100723: Supporting arms ""Naval Gunfire"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3282/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100723 Decade 1960 Description Film discusses the importance of naval gunfire as supporting arms to Marine land units. Scenes include a Marine amphibious landing, a spot team identifying enemy targets and relaying their location to Naval support, and ships firing. Specific watercraft seen includes heavy cruisers, light cruisers (including the USS Providence [CLG 6]), destroyers (USS John Paul Jones [DD-932]), destroyer escorts, and LVTs (probably LVTP-5s), with various guns and ammunition specific to each. Location(s) Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed between 1967 and the mid-1970s. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 410 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 09/07/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:03 Digital file type video/H264