USMC 108265: Operation Palm Tree 1-76

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108265: Operation Palm Tree 1-76 Citation information USMC 108265: Operation Palm Tree 1-76. (122-0209-76.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3642 Marine Corps Library Number 8417-16 Additional identifiers 122-0209-76 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108265 Decade 1970 Date 1976-03-07 Description Marines of 3/2 participate in desert training exercise, Operation Palm tree 1-76. Marines fire M60 machine guns and M16 rifles. Marines, greasepaint on their faces, move on foot, pass LVTP7 and M48 tank on desert road. Marines board and disembark LVTP7, sweet and fire M16. Flares descend from above by night. AV8A performs strafing run, impact on the desert hills. Mech mule with 106 recoilless rifle moves over desert road and fires. CH46, CH53, and AH1 helicopters in flight. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.) Camera crew Boykiw, R.A. (PFC) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 11:18 Digital file type video/H264