USMC 103884: PHIBEX at Camp Pendleton

Item Description
Title
USMC 103884: PHIBEX at Camp Pendleton

Citation information
USMC 103884: PHIBEX at Camp Pendleton. (3D-16-152; R-4-12.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1296

Marine Corps Library Number
2412-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-152; R-4-12

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103884

Decade
1950

Date
1952-10-10

Description
PHIBEX landing at Camp Pendleton on October 10, 1952. LVT-3s land on the beach. Marines disembark LVT-3s, LCMs, and LCTs and establish a beachhead. M4A3 tanks, cranes, bulldozers, tractors, and trucks disembark LCTs and LCMs and come ashore. Marines attend to wounded, dig foxholes, and use communication equipment. Marines use a recovery boom to recover a LCVP in the surf. A Marine tries to get a Jeep unstuck from the sand. A H5 helicopter of HU-1 flies overhead. Ships featured in the film: LCT(6)-1225, LSU-776, LCU-1458, LCT(6)-1396, LSU-1224, and LSU-1374. Content related to USMC 103883.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.); Aliso Beach (Calif.)

Camera crew
J. E. Hughes

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed October 10, 1952.

Division
3rd Division


Squadron
HU-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
378

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
5/4/2021

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

Digital runtime
10:30

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War

Sources

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