USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
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Item Description
Title
USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Citation information
USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-5-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1541
Marine Corps Library Number
2056-16
Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-5-22
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103312
Decade
1950
Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. The initial function of the TTU was to teach amphibious landing skills to all of the military services. After the entrance of Communist China into the Korean War in late 1950, the TTU took on the task of training troops for amphibious evacuation.
TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. LVT-3s lined up. Marines disembark LVT-3s and fall into prone positions. Marines paddle rubber assault boats. Two unidentified Marine officers leave a house and approach a car. An unidentified enlisted Marine salutes the officers, opens the car door for them, and then gets in driver's seat. A Marine and a sailor work in the ComPhibTraLant Publications Library. A Marine with a "TTU" armband hands publications to the sailor. Two of the publications handed to the sailor are "The Theater of Operations Shantung Province" and "Action Report Ryukyus Operation Appendices Corps Operation Orders and G-3 Periodic Reports; III Amphibious Corps". The Marine hands a requisition slip to the sailor. The Marine wearing the "TTU" armband uses a typewriter while two other Marines read through publications. Marines create graphics at a large table. Large diagrams of rubber assault boats hang on the wall. A Marine and two sailors work on signs. The Marine and one of the sailors have "TTU" armbands. One of the signs they work on reads, "Camp Bradford". A sign over a door reads, "G-4 T.T.U.".
Location(s)
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.)
Camera crew
Olund
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Probably filmed between December, 1945 and 1955.
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
362
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.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
10/24/2020
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
10:04
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Citation information
USMC 103312: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-5-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1541
Marine Corps Library Number
2056-16
Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-5-22
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103312
Decade
1950
Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. The initial function of the TTU was to teach amphibious landing skills to all of the military services. After the entrance of Communist China into the Korean War in late 1950, the TTU took on the task of training troops for amphibious evacuation.
TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. LVT-3s lined up. Marines disembark LVT-3s and fall into prone positions. Marines paddle rubber assault boats. Two unidentified Marine officers leave a house and approach a car. An unidentified enlisted Marine salutes the officers, opens the car door for them, and then gets in driver's seat. A Marine and a sailor work in the ComPhibTraLant Publications Library. A Marine with a "TTU" armband hands publications to the sailor. Two of the publications handed to the sailor are "The Theater of Operations Shantung Province" and "Action Report Ryukyus Operation Appendices Corps Operation Orders and G-3 Periodic Reports; III Amphibious Corps". The Marine hands a requisition slip to the sailor. The Marine wearing the "TTU" armband uses a typewriter while two other Marines read through publications. Marines create graphics at a large table. Large diagrams of rubber assault boats hang on the wall. A Marine and two sailors work on signs. The Marine and one of the sailors have "TTU" armbands. One of the signs they work on reads, "Camp Bradford". A sign over a door reads, "G-4 T.T.U.".
Location(s)
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.)
Camera crew
Olund
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Probably filmed between December, 1945 and 1955.
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
362
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.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
10/24/2020
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
10:04
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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