USMC 110892: ""M72 LAAW""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110892: ""M72 LAAW""

Citation information
USMC 110892: ""M72 LAAW"". (JA-PAA-70-17.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3358

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
JA-PAA-70-17

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110892

Description
This training film covers the M72 LAAW (light anti-armor weapon). Four items are covered: preparing, firing, re-cocking, and re-closing the weapon. An instructor whose name tag reads ""Chaisson"" demonstrates each step on a M72 LAAW labeled ""U.S. Army.""

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Naval Photographic Center

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Filmed in the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Kinescope

Original physical length
150

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
07/07/2023

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

Digital runtime
4:28

Digital file type
video/H264