USMC 106891: Desert Training

Description: Item Description Title USMC 106891: Desert Training Citation information USMC 106891: Desert Training. (FA-16-4-72; A-1064-71; R-2-2; 4-2002.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2908 Marine Corps Library Number 7326-16 Additional identifiers FA-16-4-72; A-1064-71; R-2-2; 4-2002 MIRC inventory no. USMC 106891 Decade 1970 Date 1971-08 Description Marines of 3/8 participate in desert training. M48 tanks parked and underway across the sand. USMC officer addresses other Marines. Marines put up barbed wire and fire M60 machine guns. 105mm Howitzer is loaded and fired. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.); Camp Wilson (Calif.) Camera crew Twine, C.N. (Cpl) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Regiment 8th 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 330 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 09/24/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 9:23 Digital file type video/H264