USMC 103931: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Item Description
Title
USMC 103931: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Citation information
USMC 103931: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune. (Q-16-434; R-5-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1384

Marine Corps Library Number
2474-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-434; R-5-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103931

Decade
1950

Date
1955-11-01

Description
LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune on November 1-3, 1955. LVT-3s disembark LST-1160 and come ashore. LVT-3s move along the beach while a HUP-1 of HU-2 flies overhead. Content related to USMC 103927. F9Fs fly overhead. Civilians, officers of the different branches, and foreign officers observe the maneuvers on the beach from a balcony. Marines unload oil drums from a LSM of the USS Botetourt (APA-136) onto the beach, and use a crane to load the drums on a truck. Footage of signal flags. Marines use communication equipment, travel via a convoy of LVT-3s and M46 tanks, maneuver a rubber assault boat, set up communication wires, receive mail, and eat chow. Aerial footage of beach landings with LVT-3s and LCMs, terrain, and landing craft offshore. Content related to USMC 103924.

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 November 1-3, 1955.

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
2nd Marines


Squadron
HU-2


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
5/18/2021

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

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video