USMC 104635: ""Marine Amphibious Reconnaissance, Execution of a Mission""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104635: ""Marine Amphibious Reconnaissance, Execution of a Mission""

Citation information
USMC 104635: ""Marine Amphibious Reconnaissance, Execution of a Mission"". (00191; MH-6979.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/1045

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00191; MH-6979

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104635

Decade
1950

Date
1952

Description
A training film describes the process of planning and executing a reconnaissance mission. Terrain models and aerial photography are used as tools for a reconnaissance mission to gather further information on an enemy encampment. The planning of the reconnaissance mission includes: organization of the patrols, transportation, communications, ship to shore movement, choice of landing sites, and operations ashore. The film presents extended examples of two teams carrying out reconnaissance mission.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
U. S. Naval Photographic Center

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
1200

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
04/28/2022

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

Digital runtime
35:14

Digital file type
video/H264