USMC 104611: Net sling drill aboard the USS Chilton

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104611: Net sling drill aboard the USS Chilton Citation information USMC 104611: Net sling drill aboard the USS Chilton. (MCEB-16-33; R-6-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/510 Marine Corps Library Number 2982-16 Additional identifiers MCEB-16-33; R-6-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104611 Decade 1950 Date 1957-04-28 Description Marines load vehicles from a landing barge to the USS Chilton (APA-38) offshore Panama. A marine seems to have fallen overboard. He is pulled back aboard. Marines take to the net sling in combat gear, carrying M1 rifles, and are lowered into an awaiting boat. They repeat the exercise to be lifted back onto the USS Chilton. Location(s) Panama Camera crew J. R. Nelson (SSGt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 300 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 04/21/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 8:54 Digital file type video/H264