USMC 103388: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103388: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Citation information USMC 103388: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-18-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1536 Marine Corps Library Number 2111-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-98; R-18-22 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103388 Decade 1950 Description The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. Interior shots of the TTU administrative areas and classrooms. These include sequence showing the "Shore Party School" (Lt. Col. R. S. Riddell is the Officer in Charge) and "TQM Classroom". Lieutenant Colonel Riddell gives instructions to Marines with the assistance of a scaled-down diorama of a beachhead. An unidentified Marine officer wearing a TTU armband gives instructions to Marines using a diorama of a ship. Content related to USMC 103386. 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. Division 2nd 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 357 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 9:56 Digital file type video/H264