USMC 105218: Swift Boats

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