USMC 108263: Operation Palm Tree 1-76

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108263: Operation Palm Tree 1-76 Citation information USMC 108263: Operation Palm Tree 1-76. (122-0209-76; R-4-7; 10-2078.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3641 Marine Corps Library Number 8416-16 Additional identifiers 122-0209-76; R-4-7; 10-2078 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108263 Decade 1970 Date 1976-03-07 Description Marines of 3/2 participate in desert training exercise, Operation Palm tree 1-76. Marines fill and drink water from their canteens, set up and camouflage their two-man tents, clear area of rocks, dig with entrenching tool. Marines disembark LVTP7s, sweep up a hill. a USMC Lt. brief Marines. Marines fire 81mm mortar and M60 machine gun. LVTP7 and M48 tanks move over desert terrain. AV8A aircraft performs a strafing run. Impact goes off over desert hills. Marines walk in the desert, and wear gas masks. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.) Camera crew Boykiw, R.A. (PFC) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Regiment 2nd Marines Battalion 3rd 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 01/06/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:21 Digital file type video/H264