USMC 103300: Floating tank at Quantico

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103300: Floating tank at Quantico Citation information USMC 103300: Floating tank at Quantico. (Q-16-335; R-1-1; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/2538 Marine Corps Library Number 2048-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-335; R-1-1; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103300 Decade 1950 Date 1953-10-27 Description LVT-3 attempts to tow floating a M-41 Walker Bulldog tank at the Staff NCO beach at Quantico. The floating M-41 tank is launched into the water. Two unidentified Marines man the floating M-41 tank. Marines aboard a LVT-3 tie off the floating tank and attempt to tug it ashore. The tank slowly begins to sink. Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew R. F. Tiedeman Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on October 27, 1953. 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 126 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 10/24/2020 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 3:30 Digital file type video/H264