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

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