USMC 103318: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Item Description
Title
USMC 103318: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Citation information
USMC 103318: TTU maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-8-22; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/4319

Marine Corps Library Number
2059-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-8-22; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103318

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 maneuvers at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. An Underground Demolition Team (UDT) sits in a rubber assault boat and watches as an underwater explosive detonates. The UDT pulls a rubber assault boat to the shore. A member of the UDT plunges the detonator. Marines climb down cargo nets into LCMs and LCVPs moored next to a ship. An unidentified officer wearing a "TTU" armband supervises the Marines boarding the LCMs and LCVPs. General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. and an unidentified officer watch Marines train. Shepherd and the unidentified officer get into a staff car. Shepherd and unidentified Marine officers inspect quonset huts. Shepherd and unidentified Marine officers talk on the beach, while LCVPs maneuver in the background. Marines in combat dress march in column formation. Marines climb down cargo nets into LCVPs moored next to a ship. Footage of signs that read, "G-3 T.T.U." and "G-1 T.T.U.". Footage of general orders on a communication board.

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
374

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
10:24

Digital file type
video/H264