USMC 105067: Artillery close support

Item Description
Title
USMC 105067: Artillery close support

Citation information
USMC 105067: Artillery close support. (Q-16-633: R-7-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/952

Marine Corps Library Number
3138-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-633: R-7-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105067

Decade
1950

Date
1958-11-03

Description
HRS1 is boarded and airlifts a 4.2-inch Howitzer and metal basket repeatedly. Marines ready the howitzer before firing. A 4.2-inch howitzer is towed behind a truck. An HRS1 helicopter lands in a field and Marines exit. The howitzer is delivered off the helicopter's hook. Marines prepare the earth for setting the legs of the howitzer and organize ammunition

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Beeney, F.C. (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
400

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
06/23/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:01

Digital file type
video/H264