USMC 104596: Loading equipment onto the USS Chilton

Item Description
Title
USMC 104596: Loading equipment onto the USS Chilton

Citation information
USMC 104596: Loading equipment onto the USS Chilton. (MCEB-16-33; R-1-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/512

Marine Corps Library Number
2977-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-33; R-1-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104596

Decade
1950

Date
1957-04-28

Description
Vehicles (M35 cargo trucks, jeeps, trailers, ambulances, M54 trucks) are unloaded from landing craft to the USS Chilton (APA-38) off shore Panama. Stenciled on some of the materials are 4th Marine Division code numbers linking vehicles to the 4th Pioneer and Motor Transport Battalion.

Location(s)
Panama

Camera crew
Nelson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
4th Division


Battalion
4th 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
355

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
04/20/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
9:59

Digital file type
video/H264