USMC 108195: Company 2/4 Training and Train Wreck

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108195: Company 2/4 Training and Train Wreck Citation information USMC 108195: Company 2/4 Training and Train Wreck. (124-16-22-75; 012-16-96-76; R-1-1; 8-1941.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3554 Marine Corps Library Number 8371-16 Additional identifiers 124-16-22-75; 012-16-96-76; R-1-1; 8-1941 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108195 Decade 1970 Date 1975-12-11 Description Reel contains two subjects. First ""G"" Company 2/4 participates in training exercises on Ukiburu Island, Okinawa on the 11th of December, 1975. Cows graze. Marines fire M60 machine gun blanks, engage in physical combat, aim M16 rifles, pat down ""aggressors"", fight brush fire and apply grease paint. CH53 helicopter with engine air particle separator lands in dirt field. The second subject includes a freight train wreck at Quantico, VA on the 3rd of March, 1976. Civilians and state troopers observe damage. Location(s) Okinawa (Japan); Quantico (Va.) Camera crew Christopherson (SSgt); Smith, G.S. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) train wreck on the 3rd of March, 1976 Division 4th Division Battalion 2nd 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 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 01/04/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 10:47 Digital file type video/H264


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