USMC 108677: Operation Fortress Lightning 1977

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108677: Operation Fortress Lightning 1977 Citation information USMC 108677: Operation Fortress Lightning 1977. (124-16-012-77; R-3-6; 6-2144.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3522 Marine Corps Library Number 8670-16 Additional identifiers 124-16-012-77; R-3-6; 6-2144 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108677 Decade 1970 Date 1977-10 Description Training exercise Operation Fortress Lightning 1977. Marines with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns walk in a wooded area and on a dirt road, unload an electrical generator trailer from the USS New Orleans (LPH-11), probe for mines with machetes, set up and camouflage an 81mm mortar position. Marines shave in the field. On the deck of the USS New Orleans, a CH46 starts its engines and a CH53 lands. A UH1N helicopter idles on a beach. Location(s) Okinawa (Japan); Philippines Camera crew Fogle; Gilkey Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Air Wing MAW-3 Air Group MAG-16 Squadron VMM-165 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 375 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 01/26/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 10:42 Digital file type video/H264