USMC 108820: Operation Palm Tree VI 78

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108820: Operation Palm Tree VI 78 Citation information USMC 108820: Operation Palm Tree VI 78. (122-16-0890-78; R-4-4; R-4-4; 8-1947.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3608 Marine Corps Library Number 8756-16 Additional identifiers 122-16-0890-78; R-4-4; R-4-4; 8-1947 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108820 Decade 1970 Date 1978-05 Description Marines participate in Operation Palm Tree VI-78 desert training exercise. LVTP7s, M60s move through the desert. Marines attend Catholic field mass, receive communion, ride aboard a truck convoy, board and disembark a USAF C141, operate an RFK60 forklift. Forward air controllers use PRC77s. The C141 lands and taxis. Location(s) 29 Palms (Calif.); Cherry Point (NC) Camera crew Steimel, C.J. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 315 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 8:55 Digital file type video/H264