USMC 106113: Air Drops, Terrain Test

Item Description
Title
USMC 106113: Air Drops, Terrain Test

Citation information
USMC 106113: Air Drops, Terrain Test. (Q-16-45-68; Q-16-38-68; R-1-1; 4-2155.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2425

Marine Corps Library Number
6589-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-45-68; Q-16-38-68; R-1-1; 4-2155

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106113

Decade
1960

Date
1968-03-24

Description
CH53 helo air drops materials in an open field. Testing over different muddy bases, Marines crawl in mud and beneath barbed wire followed by trucks and an M50 ONTOS. Marines conduct foam tests on mud.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Fatta; Stevenson, D.; Shipp, H. L.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
10 and 11 April, 1968. March 29th, 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
480

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
08/23/2022

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

Digital runtime
13:35

Digital file type
video/H264