USMC 105818: Muddy Terrain Test on Vehicles

Item Description
Title
USMC 105818: Muddy Terrain Test on Vehicles

Citation information
USMC 105818: Muddy Terrain Test on Vehicles. (Q-16-86-68; Q-16-111-68 R-1-1; 6-1947.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1999

Marine Corps Library Number
6202-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-86-68; Q-16-111-68 R-1-1; 6-1947

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105818

Decade
1960

Date
1968-07-24

Description
Marines traverse a muddy and grassy terrain on a MACV-1 test vehicle. Marines equip the MACV-1's wheels with treads. Marines sit in a Jeep and use handset radios as another Marine works a control panel. Marines set up equipment for Mad Moment.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Stevenson, D.; Jones, G.E.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
First segment filmed July 24, 1968. Second segment filmed September 10, 1968.

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
493

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
08/02/2022

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

Digital runtime
13:56

Digital file type
video/H264