USMC 108524: USS Tarawa

Item Description
Title
USMC 108524: USS Tarawa

Citation information
USMC 108524: USS Tarawa. (MH-11552; R-7-9; 10-1984.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3416

Marine Corps Library Number
8571-16

Additional identifiers
MH-11552; R-7-9; 10-1984

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108524

Decade
1970

Date
1976-07

Description
Activities aboard the USS Tarawa (LHA-1). Marines play cards and read magazines in the recreation room, work with model kits and metalworking equipment in the hobby room. A Marine Major and USN personnel work in the Helio Direction Center. USN personnel operate consoles in the Combat Information Center and in the Fire Control Center. A USN corpsman uses a microscope and takes the temperature of a patient in a bed.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Shearer, D.L (GySgt); Bostwick (Lt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1976-07-08 and 1976-07-16

Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-16


Squadron
VMM-163


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
01/19/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:19

Digital file type
video/H264