USMC 103925: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Item Description
Title
USMC 103925: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Citation information
USMC 103925: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune. (Q-16-434; R-2-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1383

Marine Corps Library Number
2471-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-434; R-2-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103925

Decade
1950

Date
1955-11

Description
LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune and Onslow Beach in November, 1955. At Camp Lejeune, Marines dig foxholes, use communication equipment, eat rations, lay communication wire, and move supplies. Footage of netting used to camouflage vehicles. HRS-1 helicopters drop off Marines in an open field. Marines advance across field under smoke cover and fire rifles. Confederate battle flag flies in background. At Onslow Beach, the "red force", wearing camouflaged utilities and khaki overseas caps, holds defensive positions. Members of the "red force" prepare to fire 30 caliber machine guns, monitor barbed wire defenses, and use communication equipment. Marines assault beach with M46 tanks, LCMs, LCVPs, Jeeps, and bulldozers. Marines establish a beachhead, treat casualties, lay communication wire, and use communication equipment. Signs read, "Shore party information center", "S-4", "S-2", "S-3", "Gas alarm", and "S.P.C.P." Ships featured in the film: USS Latimer (APA-152), USS Sanborn (APA-193), USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29), and USS Botetourt (APA-136). Content related to USMC 103924.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Onslow Beach (N.C.)

Camera crew
J. B. Fellows

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in November, 1955.

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
379

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
10:33

Digital file type
video/H264