USMC 111437: "LVW (Landing Vehicle Wheeled): A high speed planing amphibian

Description: Item Description Title USMC 111437: "LVW (Landing Vehicle Wheeled): A high speed planing amphibian Citation information USMC 111437: "LVW (Landing Vehicle Wheeled): A high speed planing amphibian". (VC-246; #17A.) 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-246; #17A MIRC inventory no. USMC 111437 Decade 1960 Date 1966 Description Test footage of an experimental LVW designed and developed for US Marine Corps under Navy Bureau of Ships contract NObs-4361. The vehicle is shown moving in water with and without cargo and on land, operating its propeller retraction plate, and loading a M38 Jeep. Design specifications are shown as the film starts. Inter-titles show displacement and high speed operation details. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Borg-Warner Corporation, Ingersoll Kalamazoo Division Genre Equipment tests Film date (note) Produced in 1966. 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 350 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 Unknown Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 04/16/2024 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 9:33 Digital file type video/H264