USMC 107851: Training Exercise,""Retrieval Rig""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 107851: Training Exercise,""Retrieval Rig"" Citation information USMC 107851: Training Exercise, ""Retrieval Rig"". (122-0684-0703-0710-74; R-2-3; 8-1887.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/763 Marine Corps Library Number 8046-16 Additional identifiers 122-0684-0703-0710-74; R-2-3; 8-1887 MIRC inventory no. USMC 107851 Decade 1970 Date 1974 Description Reel containing multiple subjects. The first reel includes Operation Solid Shield 74 activities, filmed May 28th through June 3rd, 1974. LVTP7s land on beach, fire 50 caliber machine guns. Marines disembark LCUs and LCMs. Forklift, bulldozer, crane, M48 tanks disembark beached LCUs. An AV8A executes a short vertical takeoff and taxis. River patrol boats move through the water. USN Sailors fire 50 caliber machine guns and modified M60 from a patrol boat. Second includes a USAF crew test of the Robert E. Fulton Recovery System on the 29th of May, 1974. A USAF C130 snags a retrieving line. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.); New River (N.C.) Camera crew Bland Jr, T.N. (GySgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Section one filmed between 1974-05-28 and 1974-06-03; Section two filmed 1974-05-29 Division 2nd Division Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-14 Squadron VMFA-542 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 375 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 11/10/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 10:31 Digital file type video/H264