USMC 108798: Operation Jack Frost

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108798: Operation Jack Frost Citation information USMC 108798: Operation Jack Frost. (014-16-31-76; R-3-4; 8-1950.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/784 Marine Corps Library Number 8744-16 Additional identifiers 014-16-31-76; R-3-4; 8-1950 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108798 Decade 1970 Date 1976-01 Description Marines participate in cold weather training, Operation Jack Frost. A reserve Marine uses binoculars while perched in a tree. Reserve Marines heat chow on a small stove, string barbed wire, erect an eight-man tent. Troops push a towed 105mm Howitzer over a snow-covered area, fire M16 rifle blanks at simulated aggressors, capture and guard the aggressors. A USAF CH53E lands in a snow-covered area. Various close-ups of the 105mm Howitzer. Location(s) Fort Greely (AK) Camera crew Brumfield, R.L. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 4th Division 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 01/31/2023 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