USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952

Item Description
Title
USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952

Citation information
USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952. (2D-16-171; R-5-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1292

Marine Corps Library Number
2361-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-171; R-5-5

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103816

Decade
1950

Date
1952-10

Description
TRAEX II on Vieques and Marines on liberty on Cuba in October, 1952. Aerial footage of an amphibious assault on Vieques, featuring LVTs, attack transports, small naval craft, HRS-1 helicopters, and USS Palau (CVE-122). Officers, including Major General Randolph M. Pate and Brigadier General Gregon A. Williams, disembark a R4D of HEDRON-2 and chat. Pate, Williams and officers ride off in a staff car. The R4D takes off. Footage of Havana, Marines driving a Jeep, and a baseball field. HO5S-1s of VMO-1 land in an open field beside a Marine encampment. A L5 takes off. Ships featured in the film: USS Palau (CVE-122) and a commercial vessel of the North Atlantic Gulf Steamship Company. Content related to USMC 103788 and USMC 103796.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Havana (Cuba)

Camera crew
P. J. Hicks

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in October, 1952.

Division
2nd Division


Air Wing
2nd MAW


Air Group
MAG-26


Squadron
HEDRON-2
VMO-1


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
321

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
8:55

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video