USMC 104996: Tactics and mortar

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104996: Tactics and mortar Citation information USMC 104996: Tactics and mortar. (Q-16-629; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/818 Marine Corps Library Number 3096-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-629; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104996 Decade 1950 Date 1958-02-12 Description Marines participate in combat exercises, guerrilla tactics, and firing a 81mm mortar. A Marine uses a field telephone. Something is burned just off the Marines' campsite. LVTP5s are lined up on the beach before moving inland. A radar turns at the top of a hill. USS Walworth County (LST-1164) is connected to the shore by a floating dry dock. Marines move forward with combat gear, armed with M1 rifles. A Marine fires an M1918 Browning (BAR). Location(s) Vieques (P.R.) Camera crew Delle Rose, A. (Sgt); Delle Puca, L. (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Also filmed on the 5th and 10th of February, 1958. Regiment 2nd Marines 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 390 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 06/20/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 11:26 Digital file type video/H264