USMC 108149: Operation Alkali Canyon 75

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108149: Operation Alkali Canyon 75 Citation information USMC 108149: Operation Alkali Canyon 75. (122-1012-75; R-9-10; 8-1912.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3508 Marine Corps Library Number 8326-16 Additional identifiers 122-1012-75; R-9-10; 8-1912 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108149 Decade 1970 Date 1975-09-10 Description Operation Alkali Canyon 75 desert training activities. Marines with mechanical mules and 106mm recoilless rifles board and disembark a CH53A, ride mechanical mule, board CH46 in the desert, use an entrenching tool, load and fire an 8"" self-propelled Howitzer. Various views of Marines aboard a helicopter in flight. Interior views of a helicopter lifting, carrying, and delivering cargo. USA personnel fire TOW antitank weapon. CH53s and CH46As take off from the desert. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.); Camp Wilson (Calif.) Camera crew Cook, E.C. (SSgt); Lawrence, A.E. (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed between 1975-09-10 and 1975-09-23 Division 2nd Division Battalion 2nd Battalion Air Wing MAW-1 Air Group MAG-24 Squadron VMM-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 395 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 11/21/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:09 Digital file type video/H264