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

Description: 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