USMC 103310: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103310: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico Citation information USMC 103310: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico. (HQ-16-98; R-4-22; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/4323 Marine Corps Library Number 2055-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-98; R-4-22; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103310 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. Marines on recreation and TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico. Enlisted Marines talk to a young woman at Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan. Marines explore the citadel. A Naval K-class blimp flies over water. Naval ships are visible in the background. Marines and sailors on the deck of an aircraft carrier watch the blimp. A close-up shot of the blimp's gondola. The blimp flies over the deck of the carrier. A Marine is lowered from the blimp to the deck of the carrier via a bosun's chair. An unidentified Naval officer and an unidentified Naval Captain greet the Marine who descended from the blimp. The blimp begins to fly away. Marines and sailors watch as LCVPs move towards attack transports. Footage of the attack transport USS New Kent (APA-217). Footage of the LST USS Mahnomen County (LST-912). The USS Mahnomen County pulls up near the shore. A bulldozer drives down the beach. LVT-3s with Marines on board move towards the shore. Marines disembark the LVT-3s. Location(s) San Juan (P.R.); Culebra (P.R.); Vieques (P.R.) Camera crew Olund Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between 1949 and 1954, evidenced by the presence of the USS New Kent (APA-217) and the USS Mahnomen County (LST-912). 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 388 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 10:47 Digital file type video/H264