USMC 110170: ""High Surf Test PX12""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110170: ""High Surf Test PX12""

Citation information
USMC 110170: ""High Surf Test PX12"". (JA-A6-8-02.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4221/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
JA-A6-8-02

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110170

Decade
1960

Date
1968-02-21

Description
High surf tests for the LVTPX12 amphibious vehicle. Members of the Underwater Demolition Team lay a charge in the sand and reel it into the surf. A man rides a small, self-propelled device into the sea.

Location(s)
California

Camera crew
Hood; Brumfield

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed on the 15th, 21st, and 27th of February, 1968

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
875

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
04/25/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
24:54

Digital file type
video/H264