USMC 105374: Naval Activities

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105374: Naval Activities Citation information USMC 105374: Naval Activities. (AWPS-25; R-1-1; 57-0041.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2130 Marine Corps Library Number 3324-16 Additional identifiers AWPS-25; R-1-1; 57-0041 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105374 Decade 1960 Date 1961-02-18 Description Several films. The first includes US Naval operations aboard the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7). A team of marines transport Adm Edmund B. Taylor between onto the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) via a pulley system and other Marines operate communications equipment in a radio room. View of USS York County (LST-1175) passes in the distance. AN HRS1 helicopter lands on board an unidentified USN Admiral exits. The second film shows Operation Blue Star activities. Vehicles aboard USS Princeton (CV-37) in Okinawa. A third film shows equipment unloaded onto trucks on shore of Hengchun, Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek, flanked by aides, exits a car in front of a crowd of journalists. Location(s) Okinawa (Japan); Hengchun (Taiwan) Camera crew Norrup, H. R.; Hansen, E. A.; Vorrup Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed over several dates including the 24th of March, 1961. Squadron HMR-362 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive 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 7:00 Digital file type video/H264