USMC 105218: Swift Boats

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105218: Swift Boats Citation information USMC 105218: Swift Boats. (HQ-16-42-68; R-2-2; 57-0316.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2028 Marine Corps Library Number 3228-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-42-68; R-2-2; 57-0316 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105218 Decade 1950 Date 1959 Description Small boats are hooked together and dragged by another motor boat before being released and starting up their own motors. A small motor boat is loaded with a jeep before the vehicle capsizes with its operator. An M60 machine gun is mounted to a boat. Two Marines speak with the camera man, one smoking a cigarette and the other bearing an M14 rifle. The sunk jeep sits upside down underwater. Location(s) Camp Schwab (Okinawa) Camera crew Robb Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Regiment 9th 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 150 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 06/29/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 3:50 Digital file type video/H264