USMC 103838: TRAEX IV at Camp Lejeune, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103838: TRAEX IV at Camp Lejeune, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103838: TRAEX IV at Camp Lejeune, 1953. (2D-16-186; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/983

Marine Corps Library Number
2379-16

Additional identifiers
2D-16-186; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103838

Decade
1950

Date
1953-05-04

Description
TRAEX IV at Camp Lejeune on May 4-5, 1953. Marines advance across terrain, operate .30 caliber machine guns, and operate M4A3 tanks. The Red Team, wearing camouflage uniforms and khaki hats, occupy concealed positions, operate 40 mm antiaircraft guns, and operate quadruple .50 caliber machine guns mounted on half tracks on the side of the road. F8Fs and F4Us fly overhead. Marines and sailors load a M4A3 onto a LCM of the USS Libra. The M4A3 disembarks the LCM. Words painted on a M4A3 read, "Little Italy / B-11 Brooklyn / Little Italy / Waterbury / Rods Thrown / [illegible]." Ships featured in the film: USS Libra (AKA-12). Content related to USMC 103860.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Camera crew
R. L. Schwan

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed May 4-5, 1953.

Division
2nd Division


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
315

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
4/14/2021

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

Digital runtime
8:46

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War

Sources

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