USMC 104931: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57

Item Description
Title
USMC 104931: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57

Citation information
USMC 104931: Desert Exercise, DESFLEX-57. (1D-16-947; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1119

Marine Corps Library Number
3051-16

Additional identifiers
1D-16-947; R-2-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104931

Decade
1950

Date
1957-07

Description
LVTP5s drive through the desert. An injured marine rests on a stretcher. A HO3K helicopter lands. An LVTP5 is refueled and loaded with cargo. Marines take a nap beneath the shade of a lean-to canopy. A4D aircraft fly low. Further LVTP5 activity in the desert.

Location(s)
Twentynine Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Bloom; Connelly

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed from July to August 12, 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
390

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
11:55

Digital file type
video/H264