USMC 108803: Operation Jack Frost

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108803: Operation Jack Frost Citation information USMC 108803: Operation Jack Frost. (014-16-26-76; R-5-7; 8-1954.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3597 Marine Corps Library Number 8746-16 Additional identifiers 014-16-26-76; R-5-7; 8-1954 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108803 Decade 1970 Date 1976-01 Description Marine reservists participate in cold weather training, Operation Jack Frost. US Army soldiers act as aggressors and move through a hole in a chain link fence. Troops disembark a US Army CH47 helicopter, pull an Ahkio sled carrying equipment and blocks of ice. Reserve Marines load blocks of ice and equipment onto an ahkio sled, string barbed wire, carry blocks of ice and snow, lookout atop a pump station and from a tree. Views of C rations cans hanging from barbed wire. Location(s) Fort Greely (AK) Camera crew Brumfield, R.L.; Browne (Sgt) 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 11:47 Digital file type video/H264