USMC 103924: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Item Description
Title
USMC 103924: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Citation information
USMC 103924: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune. (Q-16-434; R-1-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1381

Marine Corps Library Number
2470-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-434; R-1-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103924

Decade
1950

Date
1955-11-03

Description
LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune on November 3, 1955. Marines unload food supplies from truck at ration dump. HRS-1s of HMR-262 on flight deck of USS Siboney. Marines use communication equipment and dig in road. LCMs float offshore. Marines load a M46 tank onto a LCM. LVT-3s move through water and form up on land. Marines drive DUKWs. Marines unload a 105 mm howitzer from DUKW. LVT-3s pass over a pontoon bridge. Marines board a LVT-3. An unidentified Captain uses a telephone. HRS-1 flies overhead. Footage of Marines aboard a LCT. Marines disembark a LCT and board the USS Siboney. HRS-1s land on USS Siboney. Ships featured in the film: USS Siboney (CVE-112), USS Krishna (ARL-38), and LCT(6)-694. Content related to USMC 103925.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Camera crew
D. H. Cook

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on November 3, 1955.

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
2nd Marines


Air Wing
2nd MAW


Air Group
MAG-26


Squadron
HMR-262


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
370

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
5/13/2021

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

Digital runtime
10:17

Digital file type
video/H264