USMC 103841: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103841: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103841: TRAEX III on Vieques, 1953. (2D-16-184A; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/810

Marine Corps Library Number
2382-16

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

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103841

Decade
1950

Date
1953-02-05

Description
TRAEX III on Vieques in February, 1953. At Roosevelt Roads, Marines inspect a crashed plane. On Vieques, Marines fire 105 mm Howitzers. Marines on the "enemy" team construct beach defenses with barbed wire, logs, sand, mines, and Czech hedgehogs. A R4D lands on an airstrip. Brigadier General George F. Good Jr. greets Admiral Lynde D. McCormick and naval officers after they exit the R4D. McCormick and naval officers inspect Marines. F9Fs drop napalm. McCormick, naval admirals, and Good watch tanks shell a hillside. Marines lower the flag of a Brigadier General and raise the flag of a Lieutenant General. Lieutenant General Graves B. Erskine and Good arrive at an encampment. A sign reads, "Lt. Gen. Erskine CG FMFLANT Exercise Director". A naval convoy and LVTA-4s maneuver offshore. Ships featured in the film: USS Eaton (DDE-510). Content related to USMC 103822.

Location(s)
Roosevelt Roads (P.R.); Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
V. Ashoff; Stagnitto

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed February 5 through February 24, 1953.

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
10th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


Air Wing
3rd MAW


Air Group
MAG-31


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
404

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
4/14/2021

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

Digital runtime
11:14

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War