USMC 104166: Operation Cowlex in Alaska

Item Description
Title
USMC 104166: Operation Cowlex in Alaska

Citation information
USMC 104166: Operation Cowlex in Alaska. (3D-16-279; R-1-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/742

Marine Corps Library Number
2702-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-279; R-1-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104166

Decade
1950

Date
1956-01-23

Description
1st Battalion, 1st Division cold weather landing exercise. Beach party unloads gear from LCM and set up signs. LVT-3s move through snow and HRS-1 helos fly overhead. Simulated aggressors are shown and machine guns are fired.

Location(s)
San Diego (Calif.); Aleutian Islands (Alaska)

Camera crew
R. B. Hoover

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on a number of Days in late January 1956.

Division
1st Division


Battalion
1st Battalion


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
370

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
07/27/2021

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
10:17

Digital file type
video/H264