USMC 103331: LVT-3 maneuvers (location unknown)

Item Description
Title
USMC 103331: LVT-3 maneuvers (location unknown)

Citation information
USMC 103331: LVT-3 maneuvers (location unknown). (FMFW-16-6; R-1-2; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1568

Marine Corps Library Number
2073-16

Additional identifiers
FMFW-16-6; R-1-2; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103331

Decade
1950

Description
LVT-3s with Marines on board clear jungle growth and move into a river. One of the LVT-3s gets stuck in the river. Marines practice moving LVT-3s around in the water and landing. Marines land LVT-3s on a beach and deploy 105mm howitzers using a boom and winch. Marines hitch 105 mm Howitzers to LVT-3s and haul them through the jungle. More footage of Marines navigating the jungle, a river, and open water using LVT-3s (same sequence as beginning of film but taken from a different angle). Content related to USMC 103339.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Date filmed unknown. Probably from the 1950s.

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
388

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
10/28/2020

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

Digital runtime
10:48

Digital file type
video/H264