USMC 104602: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104602: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin Citation information USMC 104602: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin. (MCEB-16-33; R-4-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/274 Marine Corps Library Number 2980-16 Additional identifiers MCEB-16-33; R-4-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104602 Decade 1950 Date 1957-04-18 Description Loading vehicles from LSTs to USS Rankin (AKA-103) offshore of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Marines all pack into a cargo container and are lifted onto USS Rankin as the hard work of that day comes to close. Loading continues as marines load vehicles (M-54) from the USS Rankin to an M-boat. Location(s) Panama Camera crew J. R. Nelson Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Multiple dates: 04/27/1954 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 341 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 9:31 Digital file type video/H264