USMC 105432: Boats and parachutes

Item Description
Title
USMC 105432: Boats and parachutes

Citation information
USMC 105432: Boats and parachutes. (AWPS-57; R-1-1; 57-0147.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2173

Marine Corps Library Number
3356-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-57; R-1-1; 57-0147

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105432

Decade
1960

Description
Miscellaneous outtakes from a film production. Marines paddling a boat. Marines armed with M1 rifles consult a map, run through jungle foliage. Staged parachute landings, demonstration of parachute landing procedures. Interactions with actor portraying local civilian. Marines land a paddleboat on a riverbank, hide it under vegetation.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Nugent, Jerry J. (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
Positive

Original physical length
325

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
07/12/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:07

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War