USMC 105257: Combat Exercises and the Third Fleet

Item Description
Title
USMC 105257: Combat Exercises and the Third Fleet

Citation information
USMC 105257: Combat Exercises and the Third Fleet. (HQ-16-538; R-7-8; 57-0295.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2048

Marine Corps Library Number
3247-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-538; R-7-8; 57-0295

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105257

Decade
1940

Date
1945

Description
Marine participate in combat exercises on the bank where an LVTP5 rests. A jet flies overhead. A flame tank releases fire. A P80 aircraft bombs a field. LVTs and other artillery fire. Marines guide an ox as it drags a heavy load up a hill. Marines board ships, USS Saint Paul (CA-73) and USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109), with their gear for deployment. Marines play volleyball on the beach. An F4U folds its wings aboard a ship. The Third Fleet is seen. Sailors perform their duties on deck.

Location(s)
Unknown

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
Negative

Original physical length
400

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
11:52

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
WWII