USMC 108105: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108105: Operation Alkali Canyon 73 Citation information USMC 108105: Operation Alkali Canyon 73. (JA-A6-4-02; R-30-41; 8-2067.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3448 Marine Corps Library Number 8303-16 Additional identifiers JA-A6-4-02; R-30-41; 8-2067 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108105 Decade 1970 Date 1973-08-06 Description Operation Alkali Canyon 73 Marine Reserve training activities and field problems. CH53 helicopters in flight. LVTP7s and M48 tanks move in desert. Marines move in formation over desert road. 6x6 truck is towed by a wrecker. A Marine fills out paperwork and hands it off to LCpl Pierce. Sign reads ""Company B, Sixth Motor Transport Battalion Force Groups FMF, USMCR Dayton Ohio"". Marines string communication wiring. M48 tanks sweep desert and fire 90mm guns. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.) Camera crew Gray, R.J.; Dillon Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Regiment 25th Marines Battalion 6th Motor Transport 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 400 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 11/18/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:36 Digital file type video/H264