USMC 104700: ""The AAV 7 A1 Family: The First to Fight""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104700: ""The AAV 7 A1 Family: The First to Fight"" Citation information USMC 104700: ""The AAV 7 A1 Family: The First to Fight"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 03/771 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104700 Decade 1980 Date 1985 Description Archival footage from pre-war and World War II opens this film about the LVTP7A1. Its specifications are detailed by a narrator and supplemented with diagrams and footage. Marines are carried from ship to shore on LVTPs as the vehicles engage their tracks to move inland. The vehicles also endure mortar fire. Fire support is given by the LVTP's .50 cal machine guns as well as a M48 tank. R7A1 and C7A1 are also seen and specifications given. The AAV 7 A1 family returns to ship. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew FMC Corporation; Hayden Productions Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Informational Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 520 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 Content protected by copyright Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 05/04/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 14:57 Digital file type video/H264