USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952

Description: 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