USMC 105358: Combat Exercise in the Woods

Item Description
Title
USMC 105358: Combat Exercise in the Woods

Citation information
USMC 105358: Combat Exercise in the Woods. (AWPS-1; R-1-1; 57-0074; Q-95-848.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2120

Marine Corps Library Number
3316-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-1; R-1-1; 57-0074; Q-95-848

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105358

Decade
1960

Date
1961-05-17

Description
A truck pulls a 105mm howitzer across a field as marines follow by foot. Vehicles, cargo, and Marines disembark a CH46 multiple times. Marines traverse a forest. An honors ceremony is held in the Quantico parking lot for the British Army. A high ranking British officer walks beside a USN Adm. USMC officers and USN officers participate. USN Admiral James Sargent Russell enters Lejeune Hall.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Beebe (Sgt); Nugent, J.J.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over several days including the 15th, 17th, and 22nd of May, 1961.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
300

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
8:12

Digital file type
video/H264