USMC 103652: LANTFLEX-52 and LANTFLEX-54

Item Description
Title
USMC 103652: LANTFLEX-52 and LANTFLEX-54

Citation information
USMC 103652: LANTFLEX-52 and LANTFLEX-54. (2D-16-103; R-11-23.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1359

Marine Corps Library Number
2250-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-103; R-11-23

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103652

Decade
1950

Date
1951-11-13

Description
LANTFLEX-52 and LANTFLEX-54 exercises on Vieques and Onslow Beach. Filmed November 13-16, 1951. Marines of the shore party unload supplies and various vehicles onto the beach, including trucks, tanks, DUKWs, and LVTs. A HTL-4 helicopter flies overhead. Marines establish a beachhead. Bulldozers move dirt. A AJ2 Savage flies overhead. Ships featured in the film: USS Muliphen (AKA-61), LST-603, USS Navarro (APA-215), LSU-767, LCT(6)-815, LST-1071, LSU-529, LCT(6)-768, USS Vermilion (AKA-107), and LCT(6)-854. Content related to USMC 103632 and USMC 103643.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Onslow Beach (N.C.)

Camera crew
Evans

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed November 13-16, 1951.

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
393

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
1/20/2021

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

Digital runtime
10:56

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War