USMC 110843: ""Operation Be Prepared"" tools and techniques for fighting brush fires

Description: Item Description Title USMC 110843: ""Operation Be Prepared"" tools and techniques for fighting brush fires Citation information USMC 110843: ""Operation Be Prepared"": tools and techniques for fighting brush fires. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3322 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 110843 Decade 1960 Date 1963 Description This ""Technical Film Report"" shows the fire fighting tools and techniques to be used in brush fires, demonstrated by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department. Includes training exercises. Bell H-13 Sioux helicopters are shown carrying algin in tanks and dropping a hose from the air as well as an emphasis on the importance of proper catering to keep fire crews in condition. Includes footage from an award ceremony for trainees. An award-winner holds a card reading ""Expert weather forecaster, 1963 Guard School, Camp Pendleton, Calif."" Camp Pendleton fire chief W.B. Clayton introduces the film. Location(s) Cleveland National Forest (Calif.) Camera crew Clayton, W. B.; Photographic Section, Camp Pendleton Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed in 1963 and produced October 1964. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 640 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 07/06/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 18:01 Digital file type video/H264