USMC 108805: Operation Jack Frost

Item Description
Title
USMC 108805: Operation Jack Frost

Citation information
USMC 108805: Operation Jack Frost. (014-16-31-76; R-6-7; 8-1955.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3598

Marine Corps Library Number
8747-16

Additional identifiers
014-16-31-76; R-6-7; 8-1955

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108805

Decade
1970

Date
1976-01

Description
Marine reservists participate in cold weather training, Operation Jack Frost. Reserve Marines receive briefing in a field, unload supplies from a US Army UH1N helicopter, eat chicken in a building, load M16 magazines, use branches to camouflage a position, use axes and hand saws to cut trees into logs, construct a position out of logs, roll concertina barbed wire across a snow-covered area.

Location(s)
Fort Greely (AK)

Camera crew
Browne (Sgt); 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
11:39

Digital file type
video/H264