USMC 103891: PHIBEX at Camp Pendleton

Item Description
Title
USMC 103891: PHIBEX at Camp Pendleton

Citation information
USMC 103891: PHIBEX at Camp Pendleton. (3D-16-152; R-8-12.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1295

Marine Corps Library Number
2416-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-152; R-8-12

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103891

Decade
1950

Date
1952-10-04

Description
PHIBEX exercises at Camp Pendleton on October 4, 1952. Marines use communication equipment. Marines paddle in rubber assault boats. Frogmen prepare explosives prior for beach landing. Marines establish a beachhead. Marines disembark LVT-3s, LCVPs, and rubber assault boats and storm the beach. Marines use a recovery boom to recover an awash LCVP. Marines unload cranes from LSUs, unload Jeeps from LCVPs, and unload supplies using cranes. A Marine fires a machine gun. Marines disembark the USS Renville and board a landing craft. Ships featured in the film: USS Sandoval (APA-194), LSU-1224, LSU-1374, LSU-776, LCT(6)-1396, USS Andromeda (AKA-15), and USS Renville (APA-227). Content related to USMC 103883.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
R. H. Weller

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in October 4, 1952.

Division
3rd Division


Battalion
3rd Tank Battalion


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
396

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
5/5/2021

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

Digital runtime
11:01

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War