USMC 105251: Beach landing

Item Description
Title
USMC 105251: Beach landing

Citation information
USMC 105251: Beach landing. (HQ-16-538; R-4-8; 57-0312.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2045

Marine Corps Library Number
3244-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-538; R-4-8; 57-0312

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105251

Decade
1950

Description
Aerial shots reveal a fleet of ships performing maritime exercises and the coastal terrain. LVTs land ashore, depositing Marines onto the beach. Marines armed with M1 rifles use a short knife to search through the sand. A Marine untangles barbed wire for his fellows to go through. A mine is set. Marines perform during combat exercises and communicate with radio equipment

Location(s)
Vieques, Puerto Rico

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
411

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
07/06/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:41

Digital file type
video/H264