USMC 103810: TRAEX II at Camp Lejeune and on Vieques, 1952

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103810: TRAEX II at Camp Lejeune and on Vieques, 1952 Citation information USMC 103810: TRAEX II at Camp Lejeune and on Vieques, 1952. (2D-16-171; R-2-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1246 Marine Corps Library Number 2358-16 Additional identifiers 2D-16-171; R-2-5 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103810 Decade 1950 Date 1952-09-22 Description Footage of Havana. TRAEX II exercises on Vieques and Camp Lejeune on September 22 and October 6, 1952. Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Botetourt (APA-136) perform an abandon ship drill. At Camp Lejeune, Marines and M4A3 tanks advance on the across a field while HRS-1 helicopters of HMR-261 fly overhead. HRS-1s drop off Marines in an open field. Cameramen record the maneuvers. Marines detonate an explosive charge. Aerial footage of amphibious assault on Vieques, featuring LSTs, HRS-1s, LCVPs, ships, and smaller naval craft. Footage of the Marine encampment on Vieques. Marines known to be in the film: Menzies. Ships featured in the film: USS Raby (DEC/DE-698), USS Botetourt (APA-136), and a commercial vessel of the North Atlantic Gulf Steamship Company. Content related to USMC 103788. Location(s) Havana (Cuba); Vieques (P.R.); Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew P. J. Hicks Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed September 22 and October 6, 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 371 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 4/1/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:19 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Korean War