USMC 105116: ""Material Handling""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105116: ""Material Handling"" Citation information USMC 105116: ""Material Handling"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/891 Marine Corps Library Number 3168-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105116 Decade 1950 Date 1959-03-03 Description HRS1 airlifts equipment and drops it off via a hook and cables onto a field. A tractor pulls the cargo away. Marines use a crane to move cargo onto the bed of a mech mule. A Marine assists in hooking the cabled cargo to a hovering HRS1. An AD aircraft flies overhead. Marines reel in cable. A mech mule is refueled. The cable's durability is tested with weights as well as manually by Marines pulling large amounts of cargo through mud. A tractor also drags cargo. Location(s) MCS Quantico (VA) Camera crew Nelson, J.R. (Sgt) 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 400 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 06/24/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:14 Digital file type video/H264