USMC 105374: Naval Activities

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

Sources

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