USMC 103291: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103291: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Citation information
USMC 103291: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3986

Marine Corps Library Number
2045-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103291

Decade
1950

Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. The initial function of the TTU was to teach amphibious landing skills to all of the military services. After the entrance of Communist China into the Korean War in late 1950, the TTU took on the task of training troops for amphibious evacuation. U.S. Navy personnel test smoke screen devices, and Marines test their casualty treatment skills. A Marine with a "TTU" helmet and armband goes through a checklist. Marines discuss plans at their camp while landing craft reach the shore. Marines test their casualty treatment skills. View of the Marine encampment. U.S. Navy personnel aboard attack transports and landing craft test a smoke screen device to conceal their ships.

Location(s)
Culebra (P.R.); Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Most likely filmed between 1946 and 1950 (see USMC 103308).

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
205

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
10/20/2020

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

Digital runtime
5:43

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video