USMC 103390: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103390: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico

Citation information
USMC 103390: TTU maneuvers in Puerto Rico. (HQ-16-98; R-19-22.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1929

Marine Corps Library Number
2112-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-98; R-19-22

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103390

Decade
1940

Description
The TTU (Troop Training Unit) was a special Naval unit mostly composed of Marines who fought in the Pacific in WWII. A Stinson L-5 Sentinel observation plane lands in a field. Marine Lieutenant Keller and an unidentified Marine look over a map of Culebra. A L-5 Sentinel takes off and flies overhead. Footage of the Marine encampment. Marines ready two 105 mm Howitzers under camouflage netting. Content related to 103380.

Location(s)
Culebra (P.R.); Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
Olund

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1946 and 1950 (see USMC 103380).

Air Wing
2nd MAW


Air Group
MAG-26


Squadron
VMO-1


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
11/14/2020

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