USMC 106401: ""Cold Weather Training""

Item Description
Title
USMC 106401: ""Cold Weather Training""

Citation information
USMC 106401: ""Cold Weather Training"". (3D-16-001-70; R-1-2; 4-2036.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2640

Marine Corps Library Number
6867-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-001-70; R-1-2; 4-2036

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106401

Decade
1970

Date
1970-03-23

Description
Marines test an M20 3.5 rocket launcher (bazooka) in a field. Members of the 3rd Division board a bus. Marines exit bus and board the USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166). Marines operate and fire M48 tanks' 90mm guns. Tanks drive along a dirt road with Mt. Fuji in the background. A CH46A helicopter lands and is boarded by Marines before lifting off.

Location(s)
Japan

Camera crew
Ransom (Cpl); Ransom

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Regiment
4th Marines


Battalion
3rd Battalion


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
373

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
09/01/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:30

Digital file type
video/H264