USMC 103096: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines field training

Item Description
Title
USMC 103096: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines field training

Citation information
USMC 103096: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines field training. (3D-16-192; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
1/258

Marine Corps Library Number
1938-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-192; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103096

Decade
1950

Date
1953-12-16

Description
Marines conduct field maneuvers involving HO5-S helicopters of VMO-2. Wounded are put into ambulance jeep and then transferred to helicopter. Marines train with flamethrower. Marines, including Lt. Col. Copeland and Maj. Stockman, advance in field with radio. Shots of terrain.

Location(s)
Honshu (Japan)

Camera crew
H. R. Norrup

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on December 16, 1953.

Division
3rd Division


Regiment
9th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


Squadron
VMO-2


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
390

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
10:58

Digital file type
video/H264