USMC 110892: ""M72 LAAW""

Description: 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