USMC 111420: LSTs loading and unloading LVTs

Item Description
Title
USMC 111420: LSTs loading and unloading LVTs

Citation information
USMC 111420: LSTs loading and unloading LVTs. (VC-215; P18-003-69; 2D-16-19.) 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-215; P18-003-69; 2D-16-19

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111420

Decade
1960

Date
1968-08-22

Description
Test film of USS Stone County (LST-1141) and USS Suffolk County (LST-1173) loading and unloading experimental LVTs, PX-12 and D-12. Film begins with an LVT moving through water at Camp Pendleton. Includes scenes of officers who observed the test from a boat.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Verrett (Camera operator); Finnell, M. J. (Camera operator); West Coast Motion Picture Unit

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed on August 22, 1968 and January 23, 1969.

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
200

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
04/12/2024

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

Digital runtime
5:19

Digital file type
video/H264