USMC 105247: Maritime Combat Exercise

Item Description
Title
USMC 105247: Maritime Combat Exercise

Citation information
USMC 105247: Maritime Combat Exercise. (HQ-16-538; R-2-8; 57-0304.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2043

Marine Corps Library Number
3242-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-538; R-2-8; 57-0304

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105247

Decade
1950

Description
As a part of an unidentified combat exercise, several F8s planes fly in formation. The landing terrain is shown. A fleet of ships moves in open water firing batteries while explosions detonate behind them. A submarine uses its periscope to observe the water's surface. Marines use a radio to communicate while in the trenches. Several F9Fs soar in formation. The ocean is seen from the perspective of a periscope.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed sometime in the 1950s.

Regiment
2nd Marines


Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MAG-14


Squadron
VMA-223


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
419

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
06/30/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:49

Digital file type
video/H264