USMC 111411: LARC-XV tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 111411: LARC-XV tests

Citation information
USMC 111411: LARC-XV tests. (VC-202; 3356; 332; F-5236; 20; R-2; W.O. #F834.) 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
VC-202; 3356; 332; F-5236; 20; R-2; W.O. #F834

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111411

Decade
1950

Description
Test footage of an LARC-XV amphibious cargo vehicle designated LVW-XI. Vehicle is shown raising and lowering its wheels on land, driving into and out of water, and sitting in calm water. Film also includes brief footage of an LVT in heavy surf.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed in the later 1950s or early 1960s.

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
Public domain.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
04/11/2024

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

Digital runtime
9:24

Digital file type
video/H264