USMC 105416: Troop activities

Item Description
Title
USMC 105416: Troop activities

Citation information
USMC 105416: Troop activities. (AWPS-48; R-1-1; 57-0160.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2164

Marine Corps Library Number
3347-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-48; R-1-1; 57-0160

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105416

Description
Compilation reel of various subjects: Marines drive vehicles on the beach. A group of Marines wait as their fellow sorts through mail. Marines fit Hawk missiles into place in a trailer. Radar equipment is operated at a field base camp. Two Marines treat an injured fellow lying on a stretcher on the beach, adjusting and securing a bandage on his knee. Aerial shots of landing craft and the USS Cavalier (APA-37) at sea. Communications tent activities. A Marine makes notes on a map. Second half of reel includes site preparation. A dozer loads dirt into the back of truck, which hauls the dirt to another point further away before depositing the dirt. The two vehicles work to clear and level a muddy field.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Haas, R.L. (Cpl);

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
350

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
07/12/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:41

Digital file type
video/H264