USMC 108579: Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108579: Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5 Citation information USMC 108579: Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5. (121-16-7-77; R-7-12; 8-2169.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3458 Marine Corps Library Number 8600-16 Additional identifiers 121-16-7-77; R-7-12; 8-2169 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108579 Decade 1970 Date 1977-05 Description Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5 training activity. At El Toro, a Marine looks at paperwork, other Marines gather, prepare for deployment with transport packs, M16 rifles. Marines wait for air lift. USAF C141 aircraft taxis. USAF personnel operate radio equipment and perform tasks in combat operations tower. US Marines and USAF personnel in operation center work. Marines aboard C141. Night scenes of Marines as they move across and rest in a field, disembark MC bus. A RFK-60 forklift boards C141. Location(s) El Toro (Calif.); 29 Palms (Calif.) Camera crew Bristol Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 1st Division Regiment 5th Marines Battalion 3rd 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 11:34 Digital file type video/H264