USMC 104930: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57

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