USMC 105968: ""Reserves Live Fire""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105968: ""Reserves Live Fire"" Citation information USMC 105968: ""Reserves Live Fire"". (Q-16-103-69; 55-1120; R-8-11.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/195 Marine Corps Library Number 6355-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-103-69; 55-1120; R-8-11 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105968 Decade 1960 Date 1969-07-09 Description Reserves undergo firearms training with an M60 machine gun. An LCM delivers Marines from the USS Muliphen (AKA-61/LKA-61) to shore for beach landing exercises. Marines set up camouflage net over an M114 155 mm Howitzer. Marines armed with M14 rifles ride LVTP5s. Marines move to assault fortified position as a part of an exercise armed with various weaponry including an M2 flamethrower, M20 super bazooka, and rifles. A foreign village is simulated. A UH34 helicopter circles above ships. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Camera crew Thompson, W. R.; Armstrong; Ferrari Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) LCM footage filmed on the 16th of June, 1968 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 08/12/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 11:38 Digital file type video/H264