USMC 103768: PHIBEX I at Camp Lejeune, 1952

Item Description
Title
USMC 103768: PHIBEX I at Camp Lejeune, 1952

Citation information
USMC 103768: PHIBEX I at Camp Lejeune, 1952. (2D-16-164; R-7-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1961/1

Marine Corps Library Number
2336-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-164; R-7-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103768

Decade
1950

Date
1952-08-19

Description
PHIBEX-1 at Camp Lejeune on August 19-20, 1952. The "red force" (wearing camouflaged utilities and khaki overseas caps) sets up a command post. Marines march along road and chat. Marines interrogate and guard captured members of the enemy team. A TBM bomber and HRS-1 helicopters fly overhead. Marines disembark HRS-1 helicopters and communicate in the field. LCVPs land on the shore. Marines use bulldozers and a portable dry dock to dislodge a stuck LCVP. Ships featured in the film: LST-551 and USS Rockbridge (APA-228). Content related to USMC 103435.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.); Onslow Beach (N.C.)

Camera crew
Baker; S. J. Messina

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed August 19-20, 1952.

Division
2nd Division


Air Wing
2nd MAW


Air Group
MAG-26


Squadron
HMR-261


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
289

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
3/23/2021

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

Digital runtime
8:03

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War

Sources

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