USMC 108595: Howitzer Tests and LORAS

Item Description
Title
USMC 108595: Howitzer Tests and LORAS

Citation information
USMC 108595: Howitzer Tests and LORAS . (FA-16-2-77; 012-16-93-77; R-1-1; 8-2177.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3466

Marine Corps Library Number
8609-16

Additional identifiers
FA-16-2-77; 012-16-93-77; R-1-1; 8-2177

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108595

Decade
1970

Date
1977-06-24

Description
Reel contains two subjects. First, 105 and 155 towed Howitzers test. Marines go about tasks at the Fire Support Coordination Center, some using telephones and others completing paperwork. Marines load and fire 105 and 155 Howitzers into the desert. Second subject contains views of LORAS instruments aboard a UH1N helicopter. UH1N lifts off, hovers.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.); Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Unknown; Knutti

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

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
01/25/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:22

Digital file type
video/H264