USMC 111058: Navy Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III in Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury

Item Description
Title
USMC 111058: Navy Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III in Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury

Citation information
USMC 111058: Navy Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III in Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1167

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111058

Decade
1980

Date
1983-10-29

Description
Footage of Marines in Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury. Commander of U.S. Second Fleet, Navy Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III, speaks with military personnel. Troops carry an injured Marine on a gurney out of a CH46 Sea Knight (HMM-261). Marines talk to locals after forcing them onto the ground. Marines search a town and talk to locals with guns aimed.

Location(s)
Grenada

Camera crew
Robinson (Camera operator); Eastern Regional Audiovisual Production Unit

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed on October 29, 1983.

Squadron
HMM-261


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
780

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
07/20/2023

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

Digital runtime
22:03

Digital file type
video/H264