USMC 103382: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Item Description
Title
USMC 103382: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Citation information
USMC 103382: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-15-22; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1442

Marine Corps Library Number
2108-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-15-22; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103382

Decade
1950

Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. A Naval Captain gives instructions on a projectile that he holds to unidentified Naval officers and unidentified Marine officers, including a Captain, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. Officers review maps. A Marine uses a bulldozer to pull equipment on the beach. MPs of the 2nd Marine Division dig holes on the beach. Marines use a crane to lift equipment out of a LCVP and onto the beach. Content related to USMC 103384.

Location(s)
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.)

Camera crew
Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1947 and July 1949.

Division
2nd Division
6th Marine Division


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
165

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
4:35

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

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