USMC 103084: Marine Recon training at Camp McGill

Item Description
Title
USMC 103084: Marine Recon training at Camp McGill

Citation information
USMC 103084: Marine Recon training at Camp McGill. (3D-16-178; R-2-3; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/393

Marine Corps Library Number
1929-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-178; R-2-3; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103084

Decade
1950

Date
1956-10-05

Description
Marines train with HRS-1 helicopters and advance into Japanese village. Marines jump out of helicopters into water and are then recovered by rubber boats at high speed. Marines march in the field. A member of Combat Camera is in the grass with his still camera (Graflex).

Location(s)
Camp McGill (Japan)

Camera crew
H. W. Nicholas

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on October 5, 1953.

Division
3rd Division


Squadron
HMR-162


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
340

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
9/15/2020

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

Digital runtime
9:24

Digital file type
video/H264