USMC 104930: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104930: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57 Citation information USMC 104930: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57. (1D-16-947; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1118 Marine Corps Library Number 3050-16 Additional identifiers 1D-16-947; R-1-3 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104930 Decade 1950 Date 1957-07-06 Description During Marine operation DESFLEX-57, Marines perform desert exercises. LVTP5s are parked side-by-side. An desert encampment is fully established. Ranking officers chat in the shade of a tent. Engineers use a welding torch. Marines board a HR2S helicopter. Dinner is served followed by Marines washing their trays. A small sandstorm blows in. A LVTP5 is refueled. Location(s) Twentynine Palms (Calif.) Camera crew Bloom; Connelly Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed over a several day period, from July 6th, 1957 to the 10th of August, 1957. Division 1st Division 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 370 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 06/16/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:15 Digital file type video/H264