USMC 109045: NATO Training Exercise

Description: Item Description Title USMC 109045: NATO Training Exercise Citation information USMC 109045: NATO Training Exercise. (012-16-106-77; R-8-15; 10-2199.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3761 Marine Corps Library Number 8894-16 Additional identifiers 012-16-106-77; R-8-15; 10-2199 MIRC inventory no. USMC 109045 Decade 1970 Date 1977-10-02 Description Marines participate in a NATO training exercise. US Marines suspend from an extraction line held by a CH46 helicopter. US Marines and various foreign military personnel inspect weapons to include a 9mm submachine gun, 60mm mortars, 57mm recoilless rifle-type, and aim a 3.5 rocket launcher. Italian military personnel perform a bayonet drill using 5.56mm semiautomatic rifles with bayonets. An LVTP7 moves through the ocean and onto a beach. U.S. Marines receive instruction on a Turkish machine gun. Marines stand on and near a parked AH1J helicopter. CH46 and CH53 helicopters in flight and landing. LVTP7s and M60 tanks move through grassy fields. Location(s) Kesan City (Turkey) Camera crew Cooper (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Regiment 6th Marines Battalion 3rd Battalion Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-26 Squadron VMM-362 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 02/28/2023 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