USMC 110908: Marines training at Camp Edwards

Item Description
Title
USMC 110908: Marines training at Camp Edwards

Citation information
USMC 110908: Marines training at Camp Edwards. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4470

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110908

Decade
1970

Date
1979-05-04

Description
Marines participate in various training exercises. Marines with camouflage on helmets board a truck. Jeeps and trucks drive through the woods alongside Marines marching with rifles. Marines paddle rafts onto a beach. Marines advance, crouch, and aim rifles in a grassy field and on a beach. Marines rappel down a cliff and over rocks while an instructor speaks. Marines land on a beach with rafts and advance on foot. Marines look out of a helicopter in flight. A Huey lands and takes off. A Marine directs a landing helicopter with hand signals.

Location(s)
Camp Edwards (Mass.)

Camera crew
Thompson, Rick (Camera operator); Reven

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed May 4, 1979.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
900

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
07/12/2023

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

Digital runtime
27:16

Digital file type
video/H264