USMC 103927: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103927: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune Citation information USMC 103927: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune. (Q-16-434; R-3-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1380 Marine Corps Library Number 2472-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-434; R-3-6 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103927 Decade 1950 Date 1955-11-01 Description LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune and Morehead City on November 1-5, 1955 with the 6th Marines. Marines get coffee and clean mess cans. Marines operate and ride on M46 tanks, use communication equipment, advance across terrain, operate LVT-3s, sweep for mines, and establish headquarters. A Marine looks over a map of the area. A L5 of VMO-1 flies overhead. R4Qs of VMR-153 lands on the runway. Marines disembark and unload Jeeps from R4Qs. Marines board LSU-664. HRS-1s fly overhead. Officers watch as LSU-664 departs. Marines work on the bridge of LSU-664. Ships featured in the film: LSU-664, USS Robin (MSC(O)-53), and USS Ruff (MSC(O)-54). Marines known to be in the film: R4Q Crew Chief TSGT C. V. Watts. Content related to USMC 103924. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Morehead City (N.C.) Camera crew D. H. Cook; A. J. Delle Rose Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed November 1-5, 1955. Division 2nd Division Regiment 6th Marines Air Wing 2nd MAW 1st MAW Air Group FMFLANT MAG-25 Squadron VMO-1 VMR-153 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 364 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 5/14/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:07 Digital file type video/H264