USMC 105024: Communications Equipment

Item Description
Title
USMC 105024: Communications Equipment

Citation information
USMC 105024: Communications Equipment. (Q-16-652; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/4057

Marine Corps Library Number
3113-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-652; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105024

Decade
1950

Date
1958-09-02

Description
Marines in field demonstrate the use of different pieces of portable field radio equipment of various sizes, including radio antennae. Depiction of radio devices inside PC Carriers. Marines send and receive messages with radio equipment. Demonstration of the use of a hand-cranked generator to power field equipment.

Location(s)
Camp Barrett; Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Thompson, R. W. (SSgt)

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
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
06/21/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:15

Digital file type
video/H264