USMC 103834: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103834: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103834: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953. (2D-16-184; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/808

Marine Corps Library Number
2374-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-184; R-1-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103834

Decade
1950

Date
1953-02-16

Description
TRAEX III on Vieques on February 16-17, 1953. Marines use bulldozers, lay barbed wire, lay land mines, construct barricades, and tie off a landing craft. Footage of naval fleet offshore. A plane takes off from an aircraft carrier. An unidentified Brigadier General greets Admiral Lynde D. McCormick and an unidentified naval officer as they arrive on a R4D. McCormick inspects Marines and leaves in a staff car. Marines fire 40 mm antiaircraft guns, .50 caliber machine guns, 155 mm Howitzers, and mortars. Jets provide close air support. Marines operate M4A3 flamethrower tanks. Major General Field Harris and officers greet Lieutenant General Graves B. Erskine as he arrives on a R4D. The R4D prepares to take off. Footage of U.S. flag and flag demarking a Lieutenant General. Marines assault beach using LVT-4s and LCVPs. Ships featured in the film: USS Glynn (APA-239). Content related to USMC 103822.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
R. C. Matthews

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed February 16-17, 1953.

Division
2nd Division


Squadron
AIRFMFLANT


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
403

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
4/13/2021

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
11:13

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War