USMC 105296: Ship activities

Item Description
Title
USMC 105296: Ship activities

Citation information
USMC 105296: Ship activities. (Q-35-822; R-5-6; 57-0062.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2078

Marine Corps Library Number
3277-16

Additional identifiers
Q-35-822; R-5-6; 57-0062

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105296

Decade
1960

Date
1961-02-16

Description
LVTP-5s move ashore. Marines at attention salute their superior. Marines run out of an LVTP5. Aircraft soar overhead. A flame tank burns a target and various artillery fire. CH34 helicopters take off on deck of the a ship. Beach landing activities are underway. Ranking officers observe an F4D perform airstrikes on a target. An F4D aircraft is refueled. Marines attach missiles to an F4D. Marines leap out of a helicopter and parachute to the ground. The USS Oglethorpe (AKA-100) is guided by tugboats. Marines head to shore on an LCM. USMC Officers watch a music show. High ranking officers discuss plans over a table and over a map. A USN Admiral comes aboard the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) for Navy pass in review. Marines work in the radar room and at a typewriter. Two USMC MajGens discuss over plans.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Roosevelt Roads (P.R.)

Camera crew
Shipp, H.L.; Hansen, E.A.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over multiple dates including the 19th and 22nd of February, 1961.

Squadron
VMA-533


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

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
07/06/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video