USMC 103814: TRAEX II on Vieques and St. Thomas, 1952

Item Description
Title
USMC 103814: TRAEX II on Vieques and St. Thomas, 1952

Citation information
USMC 103814: TRAEX II on Vieques and St. Thomas, 1952. (2D-16-171; R-4-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1288

Marine Corps Library Number
2360-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-171; R-4-5

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103814

Decade
1950

Date
1952-10

Description
Marines on liberty on St. Thomas and TRAEX II on Vieques in October, 1952. View of Charlotte Amalie and the Virgin Isle Hotel on St. Thomas. MPs stand in formation in front of the USS Botetourt (APA-136). Marines on liberty at the Virgin Isle Hotel. On Vieques, officers chat on the side of a runway. A R4D of HEDRON-2 lands. L5s of VMO-1, HO5S-1 helicopters, and a crash crew line the runway. Content related to USMC 103788 and USMC 103796.

Location(s)
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
P. J. Hicks

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
VMO-1
HEDRON-2


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
166

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
4:37

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War