USMC 104641: Operation Silver Lance

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104641: Operation Silver Lance Citation information USMC 104641: Operation Silver Lance. (1D-16-065; 00211.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 05/1506 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 1D-16-065; 00211 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104641 Decade 1960 Date 1965-02-25 Description Operation Silver Lance depicts U.S. military assistance in support of a friendly government battling insurgent forces. Initial scenes made in February 1965 document the arrival of LtGen. Victor Krulak by transport plane. LtGen. Krulak and other officers board a UH34D helicopter. An unidentified Colonel greets men dressed in civilian and foreign military clothing and gets into a sedan. As the car drives away personnel dressed as protesters and supporters chase after the car and follow it to the training town. Personnel dressed in foreign military uniforms with M-14s hold back the crowd while VIPs make speeches. Aerial views of the March 1965 amphibious assault exercise using both helicopter and landing craft born assault troops. Extensive documentation of LVTs, LCTs, and other craft ferrying armor and troops, etc. are seen. The film closes with an unidentified MajGen. and Colonel reviewing a map aboard a vessel. Major Navy vessels identifiable during the exercise are USS Valley Forge (LPH-8), USS Talladega (APA-208), USS Colonial (LSD-18), USS Pickaway (APA-222), USS Carter Hall (LSD-3), USS Okanogan (APA-220), USS Cavalier (APA-37), USS Bayfield (APA-33), USS Whetstone (LSD-27), USS Cabildo (LSD-16), USS Alamo (LSD-33), USS Tortuga (LSD-26), USS Point Defiance (LSD-31). Location(s) Camp Pendleton (Calif.) Camera crew Ross, C. G. (SSgt); Hotman, F.J.; Jenkins (MSgt); Beasley, W.F. (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed over several days 28th Feburary, 1965 as well as 5th March, 1965. Division 1st Division Squadron HEMS-36 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 1450 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 04/28/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 43:03 Digital file type video/H264