USMC 104427: Marines Boarding the USS Thetis Bay

Item Description
Title
USMC 104427: Marines Boarding the USS Thetis Bay

Citation information
USMC 104427: Marines Boarding the USS Thetis Bay. (P-16-288.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1402

Marine Corps Library Number
2868-16

Additional identifiers
P-16-288

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104427

Decade
1950

Date
1956-12

Description
Marines in combat gear file through passageways of the USS Thetis Bay (CVHA-1), carrying M1 rifles. A captain conducts a briefing for other marines. Marines organize into formation before boarding the USS Thetis Bay. Sailors pull in lines. Pilots receive a lecture. HRS1s helicopters land on deck directed by flight crew.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Squadron
HMR-361


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
400

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
04/17/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
10:07

Digital file type
video/H264