USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Citation information USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-5-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1541 Marine Corps Library Number 2056-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-98; R-5-22 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103312 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. TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. LVT-3s lined up. Marines disembark LVT-3s and fall into prone positions. Marines paddle rubber assault boats. Two unidentified Marine officers leave a house and approach a car. An unidentified enlisted Marine salutes the officers, opens the car door for them, and then gets in driver's seat. A Marine and a sailor work in the ComPhibTraLant Publications Library. A Marine with a "TTU" armband hands publications to the sailor. Two of the publications handed to the sailor are "The Theater of Operations Shantung Province" and "Action Report Ryukyus Operation Appendices Corps Operation Orders and G-3 Periodic Reports; III Amphibious Corps". The Marine hands a requisition slip to the sailor. The Marine wearing the "TTU" armband uses a typewriter while two other Marines read through publications. Marines create graphics at a large table. Large diagrams of rubber assault boats hang on the wall. A Marine and two sailors work on signs. The Marine and one of the sailors have "TTU" armbands. One of the signs they work on reads, "Camp Bradford". A sign over a door reads, "G-4 T.T.U.". Location(s) Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.) Camera crew Olund Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Probably filmed between December, 1945 and 1955. 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 362 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 10:04 Digital file type video/H264