USMC 103800: TRAEX II near Vieques and ceremony at Quantico, 1952

Item Description
Title
USMC 103800: TRAEX II near Vieques and ceremony at Quantico, 1952

Citation information
USMC 103800: TRAEX II near Vieques and ceremony at Quantico, 1952. (2D-16-168; R-7-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1291

Marine Corps Library Number
2353-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-168; R-7-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103800

Decade
1950

Date
1952-10

Description
TRAEX II near Vieques in October, 1952. Footage of a naval convoy. Flight deck activity. Servicemen direct civilians on the flight deck. Marines in combat dress use the flight deck elevator and board HRS-1 and HO5S-1 helicopters. Helicopters take off from and land on the carrier. Helicopters and F7Fs fly overhead. At Quantico, Marines fire 75 mm Howitzers during a ceremony. A two-star flag flies over the review stand. Major General Randolph M. Pate and officers leave the review stand. Ships featured in the film: USS Liddle (APD-60). Content related to USMC 103788.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
C. W. Iglehart

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in October, 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
263

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
4/1/2021

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

Digital runtime
7:19

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War