USMC 108818: Operation Palm Tree VI 78

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108818: Operation Palm Tree VI 78 Citation information USMC 108818: Operation Palm Tree VI 78. (122-16-0890-78; R-3-4; 8-1821.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3844 Marine Corps Library Number 8755-16 Additional identifiers 122-16-0890-78; R-3-4; 8-1821 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108818 Decade 1970 Date 1978-05-12 Description 2/8 Marines participate in desert training, Operation Palm Tree VI-78. Recon Marines rappel from a CH46A helicopter. Marines pet and take photos of a lizard, ride mech mules, bandage a Marine's wounded hand. Views of explosions in the desert. Elements of a Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon establish a position on a ridge and deploy AN/TVS-4 NODMR night scope and AN/PPS-15 battlefield surveillance radar. At another location Marine scouts with M40A1 rifles overlook a valley and are photographed by Combat Camera. F4 aircraft land with arresting gear and parachute, take off from an airstrip. An OV10A and an A6 make landings on an airstrip. Marines disembark a C141, trucks, and a CH53, pose for photographs, clean mess equipment. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.) Camera crew Steimel, C.J. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on or about May 12, 1978. Division 2nd Division Regiment 8th Marines Battalion 2nd Battalion Air Wing MAW-3 MAW-2 Air Group MAG-16 MAG-11 MAG-31 Squadron VMM-162 VMFA-513 VMO-1 VMA-533 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 380 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 02/07/2023 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