USMC 104167: Operation Cowlex in Alaska

Item Description
Title
USMC 104167: Operation Cowlex in Alaska

Citation information
USMC 104167: Operation Cowlex in Alaska. (3D-16-279; R-2-4.) 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
2703-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-279; R-2-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104167

Decade
1950

Date
1956-01-04

Description
Cold weather landing exercise.Marines unload supplies from vehicles in staging area. Maj. Beck of aggressor force discusses plans. Tanks move across landscape. On January 4, 1956, supplies are loaded onto USS Boxer (APA-237) in San Diego.

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

Camera crew
R. B. Hoover (Cpl)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed at various times in January 1956.

Division
1st Division


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
390

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
10:58

Digital file type
video/H264