USMC 105750: Tank Exercises

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105750: Tank Exercises Citation information USMC 105750: Tank Exercises. (HQ-16-1002-69; R-3-3; 4-2106.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/1995 Marine Corps Library Number 6073-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-1002-69; R-3-3; 4-2106 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105750 Decade 1960 Date 1969 Description An M48 tank with a red flag is parked as an M50 Ontos fires its guns. Marines take cover in sandbag dugout pens. Marines stand at the top of stairs as the camera zooms into an OV10 aircraft. A Marine holds a handset radio to his ear as two other Marines sit and point at the sky. An OV10 maneuvers in and out over fields. The OV10 dives and fires a rocket into a field. An A4 plane dives and drops napalm in the field and climbs out. This procedure repeats several times. An OV10 flies low and fires a rocket and climbs out. A marine talks into a handset radio as the OV10 repeats the procedure several times. Marines load and fire an M101 Howitzer. Location(s) Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Equipment tests 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 320 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 07/22/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 9:09 Digital file type video/H264