USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952
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Item Description
Title
USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952
Citation information
USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952. (2D-16-171; R-5-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1292
Marine Corps Library Number
2361-16
Additional identifiers
2D-16-171; R-5-5
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103816
Decade
1950
Date
1952-10
Description
TRAEX II on Vieques and Marines on liberty on Cuba in October, 1952. Aerial footage of an amphibious assault on Vieques, featuring LVTs, attack transports, small naval craft, HRS-1 helicopters, and USS Palau (CVE-122). Officers, including Major General Randolph M. Pate and Brigadier General Gregon A. Williams, disembark a R4D of HEDRON-2 and chat. Pate, Williams and officers ride off in a staff car. The R4D takes off. Footage of Havana, Marines driving a Jeep, and a baseball field. HO5S-1s of VMO-1 land in an open field beside a Marine encampment. A L5 takes off. Ships featured in the film: USS Palau (CVE-122) and a commercial vessel of the North Atlantic Gulf Steamship Company. Content related to USMC 103788 and USMC 103796.
Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Havana (Cuba)
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
HEDRON-2
VMO-1
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
321
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
8:55
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Korean War
Title
USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952
Citation information
USMC 103816: TRAEX II on Vieques and Cuba, 1952. (2D-16-171; R-5-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1292
Marine Corps Library Number
2361-16
Additional identifiers
2D-16-171; R-5-5
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103816
Decade
1950
Date
1952-10
Description
TRAEX II on Vieques and Marines on liberty on Cuba in October, 1952. Aerial footage of an amphibious assault on Vieques, featuring LVTs, attack transports, small naval craft, HRS-1 helicopters, and USS Palau (CVE-122). Officers, including Major General Randolph M. Pate and Brigadier General Gregon A. Williams, disembark a R4D of HEDRON-2 and chat. Pate, Williams and officers ride off in a staff car. The R4D takes off. Footage of Havana, Marines driving a Jeep, and a baseball field. HO5S-1s of VMO-1 land in an open field beside a Marine encampment. A L5 takes off. Ships featured in the film: USS Palau (CVE-122) and a commercial vessel of the North Atlantic Gulf Steamship Company. Content related to USMC 103788 and USMC 103796.
Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Havana (Cuba)
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
HEDRON-2
VMO-1
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
321
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
8:55
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Korean War
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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