USMC 108057: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Item Description
Title
USMC 108057: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Citation information
USMC 108057: Operation Alkali Canyon 73. (JA-A6-4-02; R-1-41; 10-1831.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3387

Marine Corps Library Number
8274-16

Additional identifiers
JA-A6-4-02; R-1-41; 10-1831

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108057

Decade
1970

Date
1973

Description
Operation Alkali Canyon 73 Marine Reserve training activities. An AV8A executes a conventional takeoff and short landing, taxis. Older Marines jog and do calisthenics. Marines move through chow line, wash mess gear, bathe in field shower unit, and disembark civilian buses. Civilian buses move on flooded sandy road.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Roberts (PFC); Watson (PFC)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1973-08-1 and 1973-11-06

Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-11
MAG-16


Squadron
VMFAT-502
VMM-165


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
455

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
11/15/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:51

Digital file type
video/H264