USMC 105656: ""LVTE1 and M125 Line Charge""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105656: ""LVTE1 and M125 Line Charge"" Citation information USMC 105656: ""LVTE1 and M125 Line Charge"". (Q-16-9-65; Q-16-23-65; R-2-2; 57-0436; Q-16-009.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2560 Marine Corps Library Number 3719-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-9-65; Q-16-23-65; R-2-2; 57-0436; Q-16-009 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105656 Decade 1960 Date 1965-02 Description Compilation reel of different subjects. An LVTE1 fires an M-125 line charge from the sea onto the shore, detonates it. Amphibious landing with LVTE1. Tracked vehicle tests. Multiple takes of tanks and APCs driving through a field and coming to a stop before Marines disembark. Tracked vehicles fire artillery while stopped and in motion. Tanks shoot flames. Marines move a tank stuck in the mud by hitching it to another tank. Location(s) Vieques (P.R.) Camera crew Shkymba, J. (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Multiple dates. Slate in portion of reel with tracked vehicles is April 20th, 1965. 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 07/20/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:37 Digital file type video/H264