USMC 103796: TRAEX II on St. Thomas and Cuba, 1952

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103796: TRAEX II on St. Thomas and Cuba, 1952 Citation information USMC 103796: TRAEX II on St. Thomas and Cuba, 1952. (2D-16-168; R-4-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1245 Marine Corps Library Number 2350-16 Additional identifiers 2D-16-168; R-4-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103796 Decade 1950 Date 1952-10-13 Description TRAEX II on Vieques and Marines on liberty on St. Thomas and Cuba in October, 1952. Footage of bay and island homes on St. Thomas. MPs stand in formation. An officer stands at the head of the gangway of the USS Botetourt (APA-136). Marines disembark the USS Botetourt and receive flyers welcoming them to the US Virgin Islands. Footage of the Virgin Isle Hotel. Officers greet Major General Randolph M. Pate, Brigadier General Gregon A. Williams, an unidentified Brigadier General, and other officers as they depart a R4D. HRS-1 helicopters fly overhead and land in an open field, and Marines use machine guns during TRAEX II exercises on Vieques. Marines visit Havana and interact with locals. Footage of El Capitolio. Content related to USMC 103788 and USMC 103814. Location(s) St. Thomas (Virgin Islands); Havana (Cuba); Vieques (P.R.) Camera crew C. W. Iglehart Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed October 13, 1952. Division 2nd Division Air Wing 2nd MAW Air Group MAG-26 Squadron HEDRON-2 HMR-261 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 350 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 4/1/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:11 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Korean War