USMC 108143: Operation Alkali Canyon 75

Item Description
Title
USMC 108143: Operation Alkali Canyon 75

Citation information
USMC 108143: Operation Alkali Canyon 75. (122-1012-75; R-6-10; 8-1906.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3505

Marine Corps Library Number
8323-16

Additional identifiers
122-1012-75; R-6-10; 8-1906

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108143

Decade
1970

Date
1975-09

Description
Operation Alkali Canyon 75 Marine Reserve training activities and field problems. Marines clean M16 rifles, eat ""C"" rations, sit beside M48 tanks and LVTP7s. SSgt. E.G. Cook blows dust from his Aerriflex camera. Marines take prone firing positions with M16 rifles, prepare supplies for paradrop, unload ammunition crates for 6x6 trucks, push supplies for paradrop out of a CH53A helicopter in flight. M48 tanks, LVTP7, and mech mules with attached 106 recoilless rifle navigate desert terrain.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Lawrence, A.E. (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed August through September 1975

Division
2nd Division


Battalion
2nd Battalion


Squadron
HMH-363


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
440

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
11/22/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:23

Digital file type
video/H264