USMC 106539: Operation High Desert

Description: Item Description Title USMC 106539: Operation High Desert Citation information USMC 106539: Operation High Desert. (P-16-060-70; R-4-10; 57-2239.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2661 Marine Corps Library Number 7035-16 Additional identifiers P-16-060-70; R-4-10; 57-2239 MIRC inventory no. USMC 106539 Decade 1970 Date 1970-08-13 Description Marine reservists from various units complete training. Marines load a 106mm recoilless rifle anchored to a mech mule. Marines load bullets into cartridges before preparing M14 rifles. Marines paradrop into an open field and stow away the parachutes into a bag. At White Beach, Marines disembark from LVTP5s onto shore. Through smoke, a CH46 helicopter lands and CMC Gen. L.W. Walt and BGen L.J. Dulacki disembark. Gen. Walt has a conversation with various USMC officers including MajGen. Patton and civilians. Location(s) Camp Pendleton (CA) Camera crew Frantz; Elias (Cpl); Gabriel Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Squadron HMM-163 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 430 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 09/07/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 11:58 Digital file type video/H264