USMC 105245: ""Tank Flotation""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105245: ""Tank Flotation"" Citation information USMC 105245: ""Tank Flotation"". (HQ-35-501; R-1-1; 57-0103; 42-58-10.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2066 Marine Corps Library Number 3265-16 Additional identifiers HQ-35-501; R-1-1; 57-0103; 42-58-10 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105245 Decade 1950 Date 1952-03-12 Description Flotation devices are used to aid an M48 tank in crossing over water. Marines load and harness a large container to the back of a truck for transport. An AD aircraft performs air delivery. A canister's path earthward is tracked from the sky. A fire burns in an open field filled with smoke. An air delivery system project is conducted. Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew LaPlante (Sgt); Bloom, R.A. (A/Sgt); Nelson, J.R. (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Multiple dates filmed including the 16th of September, 1959 and the 4th of November, 1959. 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 300 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 07/01/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 8:44 Digital file type video/H264