USMC 105743: SpecEx

Item Description
Title
USMC 105743: SpecEx

Citation information
USMC 105743: SpecEx. (2D-16-06-68; R-4-5; 57-1984.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1989

Marine Corps Library Number
6054-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-06-68; R-4-5; 57-1984

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105743

Decade
1960

Date
1968-04-24

Description
LCMs and LVTP-5s move through rough ocean, several LSD ships anchored in the distance. 3/4 ton truck with howitzer sits on a barge; behind, LVTP-5s move through ocean. CH46A helicopters fly over the beach. There are several small explosions near barbed wire on the beach. An LVTP-5 land on the beach and marines disembark. LVTP-5s move across the beach as two LVTP-5s and an LCM traverse rough ocean. LVTP-5s continue to land on the beach. An M-48 tank disembarks an LCM in shallow water and moves onto the beach. A second M-48 disembarks and fires its 90mm gun before both move across the beach. Two LCMs collide into each other. Marines and an M-48 disembark an LCM. Marines set up red beach markers. M-48s disembark LCUs and LCMs. An RFK-60 Forklift moves along the beach. A 6x6 truck tows an M101 howitzer down a barge ramp onto the beach, a TD-15 bulldozer is nearby. An M-60 Crane disembarks an LCU. An LVTP-5 moves across the beach. Marines stand near an 81mm mortar. CH46A helicopters fly over M-50 Ontos parked in a grassy field. A 6x6 truck towing a howitzer is stuck in the sand as spectators watch from a pier. CH46A helicopters land in a wooded area. Marines set up beach panel markers near a 3/4 ton truck towing a howitzer. LVTP-5s move across the beach. CH46As fly overhead. Marines disembark LCMs, and some board LVTP-5s. A UH1E lands on the beach and marines disembark. Marines stand near a parked mechanized mule, truck, and mortar. An LVTP-5 drives past the standing marines. An LCM backs away from the beach into the ocean.

Location(s)
Onslow Beach (N.C.); Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Camera crew
Rossi

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between April 24 and April 28, 1968.

Division
2nd Division


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
07/22/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:41

Digital file type
video/H264