USMC 104934: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57

Item Description
Title
USMC 104934: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57

Citation information
USMC 104934: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57. (1D-16-947; R-3-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1116

Marine Corps Library Number
3052-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-947; R-3-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104934

Decade
1950

Date
1957-08-17

Description
LVTPs are refueled by Marines. A USMC captain engages in a discussion with his fellow while overlooking desert exercise operations. LVTP5s are loaded with cargo, including M40 RR. Several M50 Ontos are loaded and fired, including views of the interior chamber.

Location(s)
Twentynine Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Bloom; Connelly

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
1st 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
320

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
06/16/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:18

Digital file type
video/H264