USMC 103932: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103932: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune Citation information USMC 103932: LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune. (Q-16-434.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1379 Marine Corps Library Number 2475-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-434 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103932 Decade 1950 Date 1955-11 Description LANTPHIBEX at Camp Lejeune in November 1955. Aerial footage of terrain and landing craft offshore. F9Fs of VMF-114 fly overhead. Marines disembark LCMs and LCVPs on the shore, establish a beachhead, operate LVT-3s, shell sand dunes, and operate M46 tanks. A HUP-1 of HU-2 flies overhead. Marines unload M-46 tanks from LCU-1474. LCU-852 comes ashore. A P5M of VP-44 lands in the water. Marines depart the P5M in a rubber assault boat. R4Qs of VMR-252 and VMR-153 land. A R4Q of VMR-252 takes off. Marines known to be in the film: R4Q Crew Chief T/SGT C. V. Watts. Ships featured in the film: USS Latimer (APA-152), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Muliphen (AKA-61), LCU-852, LCU-1474, LCU-1470, and USS Capricornus (AKA-57). Content related to USMC 103924. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed in November 1955. Division 2nd Division Air Wing 1st MAW Air Group MAG-25 Squadron HU-2 VP-44 VMR-252 VMR-153 VMF-114 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 310 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 8:37 Digital file type video/H264