USMC 104602: Loading equipment on the USS Rankin

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