USMC 110860: ""Field artillery in amphibious operations: landing and assault""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 110860: ""Field artillery in amphibious operations: landing and assault"" Citation information USMC 110860: ""Field artillery in amphibious operations: landing and assault"". (MH 6974 B.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3225/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers MH 6974 B MIRC inventory no. USMC 110860 Decade 1950 Date 1953 Description This training film discusses the effective employment of field artillery in the landing and assault phase of amphibious operations. Five general principles of an amphibious operation plan are described with the help of illustrations along with amphibious landing and assault footage. Film shows various scenes of LSTs approaching land, LVTs moving onto beaches, and troops on land crossing beaches and firing howitzers. USS Middlesex County (LST-983) is shown at sea after loading LSTs. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew U.S. Navy Photographic Center Genre Training Film date (note) Produced in 1953. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 585 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 07/08/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 16:32 Digital file type video/H264