USMC 103679: Beirut Master No. 8

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103679: Beirut Master No. 8 Citation information USMC 103679: Beirut Master No. 8. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/1705/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103679 Decade 1980 Date 1983-08-24 Description "Special Mission." Shots include Marines being transported by trucks and Sea Knights, along with supplies. Marines patrol downtown, at a checkpoint (63 or 69?), near the airport entrance (USMC side), and by a destroyed building. Sea Stallions and Hueys are also seen. There are additional shots of Marines having a cookout and playing a shirts (Marines)/skins (British) basketball game. Col. Timothy Geraghty makes an appearance. Location(s) Beirut (Lebanon) Camera crew Hernandez (SSgt) Genre Conflict (combat) Squadron HMM-162 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 900 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 10/19/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 24:45 Digital file type video/H264