USMC 106542: Operation High Desert

Item Description
Title
USMC 106542: Operation High Desert

Citation information
USMC 106542: Operation High Desert. (P-16-060-70; R-5-10; 55-1354.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2662

Marine Corps Library Number
7036-16

Additional identifiers
P-16-060-70; R-5-10; 55-1354

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106542

Decade
1970

Date
1970-08-17

Description
Reserve Marines participate in Operation High Desert, a reservist exercise, at White Beach in Camp Pendleton. Marines march through sandy terrain with equipment, followed by LVTP5s and M48 tanks, and mark their journey on maps. A M252 81mm mortar is prepared. CH34 and CH46 helicopters fly in formation. CH34D and CH46s land, are boarded by Marines, and take off from an LPH. Marines pose for the camera.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (CA)

Camera crew
Gabriel; Elias; Honeyman

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Squadron
HMM-757
HMM-764


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
12:13

Digital file type
video/H264