USMC 105746: Beach Landing

Item Description
Title
USMC 105746: Beach Landing

Citation information
USMC 105746: Beach Landing. (2D-16-06-68; R-5-5; 57-1982.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1990

Marine Corps Library Number
6055-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-06-68; R-5-5; 57-1982

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105746

Decade
1960

Date
1968-04-24

Description
M-50 Ontos disembark LCMs. CH46A helicopters fly overhead. Marines watch CH46As flying above unidentified LSD ships. Jeeps and a field ambulance are parked on the beach. An A4 Skyhawk flies over the beach. Marines disembark LCMs, some board LVTP-5s. CH46As fly above unidentified LSD ships and LCMs. LVTP-5s move onto the beach. CH53A helicopters carrying M101 howitzers fly over the beach. Marines continue to disembark LCMs and follow the LVTP-5s, an A4 flies overhead. A UH1E lands on the beach near a parked LVTP-5 and marines disembark the helicopter.

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
260

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
7:21

Digital file type
video/H264