USMC 108273: Operation Palm Tree III,""MAUFEX""

Item Description
Title
USMC 108273: Operation Palm Tree III,""MAUFEX""

Citation information
USMC 108273: Operation Palm Tree III, ""MAUFEX"". (014-16-39-76; R-2-3; 10-2066.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3656

Marine Corps Library Number
8421-16

Additional identifiers
014-16-39-76; R-2-3; 10-2066

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108273

Decade
1970

Date
1976-03-21

Description
Marine reserves participate in desert training exercise. Reserve Marines tighten tread and work on road wheels of an M48 tank. Marines receive a class on fuses and projectiles. Corpsmen erect tents. Marines shave, brush their teeth, and wash their faces outdoors. LtGen. Edward J. Miller addresses crowd over mike on a podium. Marines and civilians spectate demonstration. An M48 tank fires its 90mm gun. AV8A aircraft drops bomb. AH1 helicopter fires rockets and an A4 aircraft lays a smokescreen.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Shearer; Ari, M.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed from 21st to the 23rd of September, 1976

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
390

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
01/07/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:00

Digital file type
video/H264