USMC 107851: Training Exercise,""Retrieval Rig""
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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
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
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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