USMC 103388: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Item Description
Title
USMC 103388: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base

Citation information
USMC 103388: TTU activities at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. (HQ-16-98; R-18-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1536

Marine Corps Library Number
2111-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-18-22

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103388

Decade
1950

Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. Interior shots of the TTU administrative areas and classrooms. These include sequence showing the "Shore Party School" (Lt. Col. R. S. Riddell is the Officer in Charge) and "TQM Classroom". Lieutenant Colonel Riddell gives instructions to Marines with the assistance of a scaled-down diorama of a beachhead. An unidentified Marine officer wearing a TTU armband gives instructions to Marines using a diorama of a ship. Content related to USMC 103386.

Location(s)
Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base (Va.)

Camera crew
Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Date filmed unknown.

Division
2nd Division


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
357

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
11/14/2020

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

Digital runtime
9:56

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video