USMC 104940: Operation Deep Water

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104940: Operation Deep Water Citation information USMC 104940: Operation Deep Water. (2D-16-221; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/629 Marine Corps Library Number 3056-16 Additional identifiers 2D-16-221; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104940 Decade 1950 Date 1957-09-05 Description Marines participate in different recreational activities aboard a ship, writing letters, playing chess and cards, reading, and boxing. An HRS1 helicopter is serviced and prepped for flight in a field. Preparation for joint NATO operation Deep Water is underway, marines present before high ranking officers. Aircraft parachute drops materials. AD aircraft dive bombs ground targets. HRS helicopters airlift equipment and perform landing maneuvers. Marines run in gear for combat exercises. 81mm mortars are fired. Marines set up an M1919 Browning for firing. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Cooper, A. L. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on multiple days from the 5th of September, 1957 to the 25th of September, 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 340 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 9:42 Digital file type video/H264