USMC 104865: Beach landing operations

Description: 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