USMC 103679: Beirut Master No. 8

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