USMC 103384: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103384: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Citation information USMC 103384: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-16-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1524 Marine Corps Library Number 2109-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-98; R-16-22 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103384 Decade 1950 Description The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. Marines drive a Jeep in the water and then check its engine. Footage of a turtle with the words "The big Mohae" painted on its shell. Marines with TTU helmets and armbands talk to each other. Marines disembark a DUKW and unhitch a Howitzer being hauled by the DUKW. Marines then use a crane attached to a DUKW to lift the Howitzer and place it in the bed of a DUKW and a LVT. Content related to USMC 103382. Location(s) Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.) Camera crew Olund Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Date filmed unknown. 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 346 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 11/14/2020 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:38 Digital file type video/H264