USMC 100723: Supporting arms ""Naval Gunfire""

Item Description
Title
USMC 100723: Supporting arms ""Naval Gunfire""

Citation information
USMC 100723: Supporting arms ""Naval Gunfire"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3282/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100723

Decade
1960

Description
Film discusses the importance of naval gunfire as supporting arms to Marine land units. Scenes include a Marine amphibious landing, a spot team identifying enemy targets and relaying their location to Naval support, and ships firing. Specific watercraft seen includes heavy cruisers, light cruisers (including the USS Providence [CLG 6]), destroyers (USS John Paul Jones [DD-932]), destroyer escorts, and LVTs (probably LVTP-5s), with various guns and ammunition specific to each.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1967 and the mid-1970s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
410

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
09/07/2018

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

Digital runtime
11:03

Digital file type
video/H264