USMC 104600: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin

Item Description
Title
USMC 104600: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin

Citation information
USMC 104600: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin. (MCEB-16-33; R-3-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/511

Marine Corps Library Number
2979-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-33; R-3-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104600

Decade
1950

Date
1957-04-28

Description
Vehicles (M54 trucks, trailrs, ambulances) are unloaded from LST 1165 onto the USS Rankin (AKA-103) offshore of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Marines load cargo and vehicles.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Puerto Rico

Camera crew
J. R. Nelson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
352

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
04/21/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:52

Digital file type
video/H264