USMC 108557: Drill and Test, USMC + USAF

Item Description
Title
USMC 108557: Drill and Test, USMC + USAF

Citation information
USMC 108557: Drill and Test, USMC + USAF. (122-1133-75;012-16-93-77; R-1-1; 10-1876.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/777

Marine Corps Library Number
8589-16

Additional identifiers
122-1133-75;012-16-93-77; R-1-1; 10-1876

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108557

Decade
1970

Date
1975-10-14

Description
Air alert force drill and demonstration. Supplies are loaded onto a USAF C141 aircraft. Marines board and disembark C141 and 6x6 trucks. Marines arrive at MCAS New River. 6x6 truck convoy, to included a hitched 105 Howitzer, moves through civilian streets and enters MCAS Cherry Point. Military and civilian VIPs, to include USMC LtGen. Lawrence F. Snowden, USMC MajGen. William G. Joslyn, and USAF BGen. Keith L. Christensen; attend drill and demonstration. At Quantico, views of LORAS test equipment aboard helicopter.

Location(s)
MCAS Cherry Point (N.C.); New River (N.C.); Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Cook, E.C. (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
8th Marines


Battalion
2nd 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
01/20/2023

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

Digital runtime
9:29

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video