USMC 106891: Desert Training

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