USMC 104641: Operation Silver Lance

Item Description
Title
USMC 104641: Operation Silver Lance

Citation information
USMC 104641: Operation Silver Lance. (1D-16-065; 00211.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/1506

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-065; 00211

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104641

Decade
1960

Date
1965-02-25

Description
Operation Silver Lance depicts U.S. military assistance in support of a friendly government battling insurgent forces. Initial scenes made in February 1965 document the arrival of LtGen. Victor Krulak by transport plane. LtGen. Krulak and other officers board a UH34D helicopter. An unidentified Colonel greets men dressed in civilian and foreign military clothing and gets into a sedan. As the car drives away personnel dressed as protesters and supporters chase after the car and follow it to the training town. Personnel dressed in foreign military uniforms with M-14s hold back the crowd while VIPs make speeches.
Aerial views of the March 1965 amphibious assault exercise using both helicopter and landing craft born assault troops. Extensive documentation of LVTs, LCTs, and other craft ferrying armor and troops, etc. are seen.
The film closes with an unidentified MajGen. and Colonel reviewing a map aboard a vessel.

Major Navy vessels identifiable during the exercise are USS Valley Forge (LPH-8), USS Talladega (APA-208), USS Colonial (LSD-18), USS Pickaway (APA-222), USS Carter Hall (LSD-3), USS Okanogan (APA-220), USS Cavalier (APA-37), USS Bayfield (APA-33), USS Whetstone (LSD-27), USS Cabildo (LSD-16), USS Alamo (LSD-33), USS Tortuga (LSD-26), USS Point Defiance (LSD-31).

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Ross, C. G. (SSgt); Hotman, F.J.; Jenkins (MSgt); Beasley, W.F. (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over several days 28th Feburary, 1965 as well as 5th March, 1965.

Division
1st Division


Squadron
HEMS-36


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
1450

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
43:03

Digital file type
video/H264