USMC 103904: Desert maneuvers at 29 Palms

Item Description
Title
USMC 103904: Desert maneuvers at 29 Palms

Citation information
USMC 103904: Desert maneuvers at 29 Palms. (R-1-1; 3D-16-157.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1450

Marine Corps Library Number
2443-16

Additional identifiers
R-1-1; 3D-16-157

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103904

Decade
1950

Date
1952-12-06

Description
2nd Battalion, 9th Marines perform desert maneuvers at 29 Palms on December 6, 1952. Marines take cover behind a sand dune, sweep for mines, use communication equipment, and board trucks. Marines use a crane to load sand into a truck bed. Marines drill a hole with a pneumatic hammer drill, fill the hole with explosives, and detonate explosives.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
R. H. Weller

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on December 6, 1952.

Division
3rd Division


Regiment
9th Marines


Battalion
2nd Battalion


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
177

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
5/11/2021

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

Digital runtime
4:55

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War