USMC 108408: 8th USMC Engineers Field Exercises

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108408: 8th USMC Engineers Field Exercises Citation information USMC 108408: 8th USMC Engineers Field Exercises. (122-16-0697-76; R-2-7; 10-1495.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3340 Marine Corps Library Number 8502-16 Additional identifiers 122-16-0697-76; R-2-7; 10-1495 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108408 Decade 1970 Date 1976-04-22 Description 8th USMC Engineers participate in a 10 day field exercise. The decontamination team is hosed down with water. A CH53 helicopter delivers supplies for the construction of a pontoon bridge, a CH46 helicopter hovers in the background. 6x6 truck moves over dirt road. Marine Engineers construct the pontoon bridge, an M60 tank and dump truck uses the bridge. Marines board and disembark a CH46 helicopter. Marines of the Air Delivery Platoon parachute from a CH53 helicopter, supplies are para-dropped. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Battalion 8th Engineering Battalion Squadron HMM-261 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 399 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 01/13/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 11:15 Digital file type video/H264