USMC 110990: Minesweeping and other naval operations

Item Description
Title
USMC 110990: Minesweeping and other naval operations

Citation information
USMC 110990: Minesweeping and other naval operations. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4555/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110990

Decade
1970

Date
1976-10-27

Description
Reel includes footage of a hydrofoil magnetic minesweeping sled being dragged over the ocean, followed by two films. First film, ""Navy man"" outtakes (11/3/76): Navy personnel work aboard a ship on deck and with mechanical equipment below deck. Known Navy personnel: Schwartz. Second film (10/27/76): Various footage of beach landings and ships at sea. Tanks with wading snorkles come ashore and fire. Various ships and boats are shown at sea. LVTP5s come ashore and troops disembark onto a beach. Navy personnel seal a broken pipe below deck and line up to be paid. More footage of LVPT5s and troops on a beach. Explosives detonate in the ocean and on the beach. Footage of USS Illusive (AM-448/MSO-448), USS Enhance (MSO-437), and USS Leader (MS-490) at sea and a helicopter (possibly Sikorsky C53A) flying over water.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Kinsley, William (Camera operator); Jacobson, D.

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on October 27 and November 3, 1976.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
1000

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
07/17/2023

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

Digital runtime
30:31

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video