USMC 103392: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103392: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Citation information
USMC 103392: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico. (HQ-16-98; R-21-22; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/4304

Marine Corps Library Number
2114-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-21-22; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103392

Decade
1940

Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. LCT-667, a LCVP marked "GAS", LCT-599, LST-664, and LCT-767 along with other landing craft move through the water ad come ashore. Marines drive trucks and tractors on the beach and set up beach markers. LST 1041 offloads equipment by way of a portable dock (shown maneuvered into place). Content related to USMC 103380.

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 1946 and 1950 (see USMC 103380).

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
280

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
7:48

Digital file type
video/H264