USMC 103931: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Description: 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