USMC 105426: LANTPHIBEX 1-61

Item Description
Title
USMC 105426: LANTPHIBEX 1-61

Citation information
USMC 105426: LANTPHIBEX 1-61. (AWPS-53; R-1-1; 57-0146.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2170

Marine Corps Library Number
3352-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-53; R-1-1; 57-0146

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105426

Decade
1960

Date
1961-01-10

Description
Multiple sequences of Operation AXLE GREASE (LANTPHIBEX 1-61) from January and February 1961 with the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. In Morehead City, Marines load arresting gear and matting onto the USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) from LCU-1471. Marines use radio equipment and record information. On Vieques, Marines aboard the USS Boxer (LPH-4) load onto HRS-1 helicopters of HMM-264. HRS-1 helicopters take off from the USS Boxer. HRS-1 helicopters transport supplies and small vehicles. In the field, Marines travel via small vehicles and use communication equipment. Major General James P. Berkeley, an unidentified Major General, Lieutenant General Thomas A. Wornham, and unidentified Navy admirals chat aboard a ship. A HRS-1 of HMX-1 flies overhead. Unidentified Naval and Marine officers spectate and arrive on HRS-1 helicopters. Wornham, a Commodore of the British Royal Navy, and unidentified Marine officers chat. F-8s of VMJC-2 drop bombs and napalm on a hillside. F-8s fly in formation and sit parked on a runway. Footage of the USS Boxer.

Location(s)
Morehead City (N.C.); Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
C. W. Durie; C. F. Pauling; J. S. Brown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in January and February 1961.

Division
4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade


Air Wing
2nd MAW


Air Group
MAG-26
MAG-14


Squadron
HMM-264
HMX-1
VMJC-2


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
365

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
11/23/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
10:09

Digital file type
video/H264