USMC 107434: Operation Veritas VI

Item Description
Title
USMC 107434: Operation Veritas VI

Citation information
USMC 107434: Operation Veritas VI. (FA-16-2-74; 1DD-3-21-73; R-18-20; 12-1828.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3070

Marine Corps Library Number
7750-16

Additional identifiers
FA-16-2-74; 1DD-3-21-73; R-18-20; 12-1828

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107434

Decade
1970

Date
1973-01-23

Description
Beach landing exercises, on January 23, 1973, ""Operation Agile Jouster"". Marines disembark from LCMs armed with M16 rifles, march on foot and operate M48 tanks along dirt roads. LVTP7s come ashore. M107 175mm self-propelled guns are fired beneath camouflaged canopies. A UH1E helicopter lands in a field. January 30th, 1973, a Marine and his family go shopping as a part of a community relations film for Operation Veritas VI.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
McElveen, McCoy

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
1/30/1973, Marine and wife shopping

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
420

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
10/19/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:53

Digital file type
video/H264