USMC 103380: TTU manuevers in Puerto Rico

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103380: TTU manuevers in Puerto Rico Citation information USMC 103380: TTU manuevers in Puerto Rico. (HQ-16-98; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1563 Marine Corps Library Number 2105-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-98; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103380 Decade 1940 Description The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. Marines of Underwater Demolition Team 2 (UDT-2) and Underwater Demolition Team 3 (UDT-3) conduct training exercises. LSTs, including the USS Burnett County (LST-512) and the USS Calaveras County (LST-516), and attack transports maneuver in the water and bombard the shoreline. LVTs. LVT(A)s, and small boats maneuver in the water and land Marines. Marines advance up the hillside, talk on handheld transceivers, lay wire, and set up mortars. General officers arrive at the beac. These include Lt. Gen. Keller E. Rockey, Admiral William H. P. Blandy, Major General Lemuel C. Sheperd. A LCVP with the hull number PA22015 pulls away from the shore in the background, indicating the presence of the USS Okanogan (APA-220). Shepherd talks to an unidentified Marine Lieutenant Colonel who wears a TTU helmet. Marines walk up the hillside while M4 Sherman tanks maneuver in the background. Content related to USMC 103291. Location(s) Culebra (P.R.); Vieques (P.R.) Camera crew Olund Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between 1947 and July 1949. 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 384 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 11/11/2020 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:40 Digital file type video/H264