USMC 105351: Vieques, Landing Operations

Item Description
Title
USMC 105351: Vieques, Landing Operations

Citation information
USMC 105351: Vieques, Landing Operations. (AWPS-12; R-1-1; 57-0053.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2115

Marine Corps Library Number
3311-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-12; R-1-1; 57-0053

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105351

Decade
1960

Date
1961-02-28

Description
Several films. In the first, two Marines use a crane to load crates onto a truck. Trucks unload supplies from ship (LSU-1469). At Morehead City, an unidentified ship docks and trucks unload cargo. A crane is secured to industrial equipment. Marines dismantle metal paneling. In Vieques, several ships float off coast. A Marine fills a vessel with fuel. Aerial shots of a camp. Shipping crates are lowered from a crane onto a barge. Marines dismantle metal paneling from an airstrip.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Morehead City (N.C.); Cherry Point (NC)

Camera crew
Holcomb

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between February 28, 1961 and March 22, 1961.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
315

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
07/09/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:19

Digital file type
video/H264