USMC 103099: 3rd Div Recon Company training at Camp McGill

Item Description
Title
USMC 103099: 3rd Div Recon Company training at Camp McGill

Citation information
USMC 103099: 3rd Div Recon Company training at Camp McGill. (3D-16-195; R-1-3; v.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1514

Marine Corps Library Number
1940-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-195; R-1-3; v.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103099

Decade
1950

Date
1953-10-20

Description
Marines jump from HRS-1 helicopters into water and are recovered by fast rubber boat and by ladder into helicopters. Capt. W. L. Kay inspects Marines at attention in distinctive Frog Skin camouflage. Marines march in column along a street (passing in front of the Fuji Co. Ltd Laundry). On the parade ground, Cpl. Warner receives Silver Star.

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 20th and 27th, 1953. Ceremony may date to November 1953.

Division
3rd Division


Air Group
MAG-11


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
320

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
9:07

Digital file type
video/H264