USMC 104865: Beach landing operations

Item Description
Title
USMC 104865: Beach landing operations

Citation information
USMC 104865: Beach landing operations. (2D-16-218; R-1-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/449

Marine Corps Library Number
3015-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-218; R-1-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104865

Decade
1950

Date
1957-03-25

Description
Marines carry out beach landing operations such as airdrops, reconnaissance, and planting mines. Aircraft drops bombs overhead. LSTs, LCUs, LVTPs land on the beach. A dozer exits an LST. HRS1s fly in formation and land in an open field. A reconnaissance team practices landing and pushing off with a paddle boat on the beach. The USS Lloyd (APD-63) floats at sea. A reconnaissance team is deployed from a ""Sea Lion"" submarine. The recon team plants mines on the beach after scuba diving beneath the surface of the water.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
Levine, C. (PFC)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over multiple dates including the 26th of March, 1957.

Division
2nd Division


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
400

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
06/13/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:21

Digital file type
video/H264