USMC 104647: Supporting Arms

Item Description
Title
USMC 104647: Supporting Arms

Citation information
USMC 104647: Supporting Arms. (MH-10938-A.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/1082

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MH-10938-A

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104647

Decade
1970

Description
A training film produced by the Combat Pictorial Branch and distributed by the Naval Photographic Center. A narrator describes Operation Jaguar, a large-scale amphibious landing exercise, and the various roles supporting arms will play. USS Saint Paul (CA-73) fires its AA guns, and the USS Hooper (DE-1026) is joined by two additional unidentified destroyer escort ships. Several A4D aircraft perform air maneuvers, one drops bombs. An A6 aircraft bombs a forest. An instructor gestures to a chart and explains the exercise to a group of soldiers holding M14 and M607 rifles. A graphic lists supporting arms, naval gunfire, air, artillery, and tanks while soldiers take notes. Ships and aircraft bomb the beach as several LVTP-5s land troops. The coordination center meets aboard the USS Saint Paul, while marines set up on the beach. The narrator describes other stations such as the Direct Air Support Center (DASC), and the Fire Direction Center (FDC). Marines with M16 rifles exit a CH53 helicopter. The narrator explains roles such as the spotter, close air support, and the forward observer. Marines take cover and fire. A radio is used to coordinate attacks. A marine uses a map and compass to determine enemy positions. The USS Tattnall (DDG-19) fires. The narrator describes the guns aboard the ship with visual aids, as marines continue to coordinate on land. An M109 howitzer lands on the beach. Two CH53s carry M105 howitzers. Marines traverse a forest and fire on enemy bunkers. The narrator describes the following aircraft: the F4, the A4, the A6, and the AV8A. The narrator describes the following helicopters: the CH46, the CH53, the UH1, and the AH1J. Several aircraft take flight, an A4D provides air support. An M105 is fired. Marines exchange fire as the spotter provides information to the FO, which is relayed to the FDC. The M105 is fired as the narrator explains its situational uses. Two M48 tanks traverse the forest as the narrator explains its situational uses. An M60 machine gun fires on marines as three M48 tanks provide support. Infantry move across the battlefield.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Combat Pictorial Branch; U. S. Naval Photographic Center

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Squadron
VMA-121


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
875

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
25:21

Digital file type
video/H264