USMC 105018: Landmines and LVTEX

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105018: Landmines and LVTEX Citation information USMC 105018: Landmines and LVTEX. (Q-16-656; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/4318 Marine Corps Library Number 3108-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-656; R-1-3 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105018 Decade 1950 Date 1959-04 Description Marines prepare and load a demolition line charge. A landmine is placed in the ground and buried. An LVTEX-1 near the shore fires a line charge onto shore, detonates it. Civilians and Marine personnel stand in field, are briefed on demolition project. Another demolition line charge is demonstrated. Various shots of the LVTEX-1 and LVTP-5 in motion on land and in water, loading and unloading from the USS Whitfield County (LST-1169). Location(s) San Clemente Island (Calif.) Camera crew Petty, K.G. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 350 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 06/21/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 9:14 Digital file type video/H264