USMC 104700: ""The AAV 7 A1 Family: The First to Fight""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104700: ""The AAV 7 A1 Family: The First to Fight""

Citation information
USMC 104700: ""The AAV 7 A1 Family: The First to Fight"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
03/771

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104700

Decade
1980

Date
1985

Description
Archival footage from pre-war and World War II opens this film about the LVTP7A1. Its specifications are detailed by a narrator and supplemented with diagrams and footage. Marines are carried from ship to shore on LVTPs as the vehicles engage their tracks to move inland. The vehicles also endure mortar fire. Fire support is given by the LVTP's .50 cal machine guns as well as a M48 tank. R7A1 and C7A1 are also seen and specifications given. The AAV 7 A1 family returns to ship.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
FMC Corporation; Hayden Productions

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
520

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
Content protected by copyright

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
05/04/2022

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

Digital runtime
14:57

Digital file type
video/H264