USMC 111344: "LCAX2: Landing Craft Assault

Item Description
Title
USMC 111344: "LCAX2: Landing Craft Assault

Citation information
USMC 111344: "LCAX2: Landing Craft Assault". (16; No. 7; #88.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
16; No. 7; #88

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111344

Decade
1960

Date
1968

Description
Marines operate a DUKW designated LCAX2 on land and in water, testing the amphibious trucks on various terrain, in open water, in rough surf, and coming ashore. Various ships and other vehicles are shown, including USS Tulare (APA-112), navy dock landing ship 18, a LARC-V cargo vehicle, and LCV-381.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
FMC Corporation, Ordnance Engineering Division

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1968?

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
400

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
Content may be protected by copyright.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
03/26/2024

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

Digital runtime
11:33

Digital file type
video/H264