USMC 105533: Combat Training and Civil War Reenactment

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105533: Combat Training and Civil War Reenactment Citation information USMC 105533: Combat Training and Civil War Reenactment. (Q-16-698; LR-6829; LR-6857.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2236 Marine Corps Library Number 3437-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-698; LR-6829; LR-6857 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105533 Decade 1960 Date 1961 Description Two different films. The first encompasses combat training. A XM70 rocket launcher is fired. CH34 and HR2S helicopters land, directed by USMC crew on the ground. Howitzers, jeeps, LVTP5s, M50 ONTOS, M48 tanks, and other equipment exit landing craft and make their way inland. Marines scale the barb-wired beach and fire anti-tank weapons and the M1919 machine gun. The second footage includes an extensive Civil War reenactment. Location(s) Unknown; Quantico (Va.) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Negative 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 07/13/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 7:55 Digital file type video/H264