USMC 109064: Combined Arms Exercise (CAX4-79)

Item Description
Title
USMC 109064: Combined Arms Exercise (CAX4-79)

Citation information
USMC 109064: Combined Arms Exercise (CAX4-79). (122-16-447-79; R-3-4; 10-1967.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3768

Marine Corps Library Number
8908-16

Additional identifiers
122-16-447-79; R-3-4; 10-1967

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109064

Decade
1970

Date
1979-04

Description
Combined Arms Exercises (CAX4-79) activities. A CH53 helicopter carries a 105mm Howitzer over the desert. A6A and A4E/M aircraft take off, land, and taxi on Expeditionary Air Field. 1/8 Marines band together boxes of supplies and equipment, clean M16 rifles and M60 machine guns, pick up trash, and work with communications cable in the field. USMC Col. Cooper speaks with USA MajGen. Rosenbloom and gives a briefing to Marines in the field. LVTP7s move through the desert.

Location(s)
Camp Wilson (Calif.); 29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Boykiw, R.A. (Cpl)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1979-03-29 and 1979-04-05

Division
2nd Division


Regiment
8th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


Air Wing
MAW-2
MAW-1
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-31
MAG-12
MAG-11


Squadron
VMFA(AW)-533
VMFA-212
VMFAT-502


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
11:11

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video