USMC 100581: Enlistment options - Radio communications

Item Description
Title
USMC 100581: Enlistment options - Radio communications

Citation information
USMC 100581: Enlistment options - Radio communications . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2824/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
USMC 100581, 8:30 JWT

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100581

Decade
1980

Description
This promotional film for the Marine Corps Enlistment Options Program, focusing on the Radio Communications Option, displays the job training and experience available to potential new Marines. Radio operators are interviewed and shown learning and practicing with radios in a classroom setting. Radio communications are then showcased in a simulated combat setting, where operators coordinate the movement of troops, Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25s) and M60 tanks.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Film date (note)
1980s

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
300

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
07/16/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
9:10

Digital file type
video/H264