USMC 106749: Amphibious demonstration at Camp Schwab
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Item Description
Title
USMC 106749: Amphibious demonstration at Camp Schwab
Citation information
USMC 106749: Amphibious demonstration at Camp Schwab. (WP-16-13-71; R-1-2; 57-2074.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/2825
Marine Corps Library Number
7215-16
Additional identifiers
WP-16-13-71; R-1-2; 57-2074
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106749
Decade
1970
Date
1971-05-20
Description
LVTP-5s drive across water and beach and unload Marines who shoot grenade launchers, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, and rifles. Helos, including AH1Gs, CH53s, and CH46As fly overhead. Marines rappel down from helo. Japanese officer Vice Adm. Tsukodu, Marine Corps officer Maj. Gen. L. Metzger, other officers, and women Marines watch. Asst. CMC Gen R. C. Davis flies in cockpit of AH1G. Other Marines mentioned include Col. L. C. Street III and Lt. Col. C. E. Reese.
Location(s)
Camp Schwab (Okinawa)
Camera crew
W. A. Armour; D. P. Hurley (GySgt); Humberto R. Rivera (SSgt)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Filmed May 19th-21st, 1945.
Division
3rd Division
Air Group
MAG-16
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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
08/13/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
11:20
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 106749: Amphibious demonstration at Camp Schwab
Citation information
USMC 106749: Amphibious demonstration at Camp Schwab. (WP-16-13-71; R-1-2; 57-2074.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/2825
Marine Corps Library Number
7215-16
Additional identifiers
WP-16-13-71; R-1-2; 57-2074
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106749
Decade
1970
Date
1971-05-20
Description
LVTP-5s drive across water and beach and unload Marines who shoot grenade launchers, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, and rifles. Helos, including AH1Gs, CH53s, and CH46As fly overhead. Marines rappel down from helo. Japanese officer Vice Adm. Tsukodu, Marine Corps officer Maj. Gen. L. Metzger, other officers, and women Marines watch. Asst. CMC Gen R. C. Davis flies in cockpit of AH1G. Other Marines mentioned include Col. L. C. Street III and Lt. Col. C. E. Reese.
Location(s)
Camp Schwab (Okinawa)
Camera crew
W. A. Armour; D. P. Hurley (GySgt); Humberto R. Rivera (SSgt)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Filmed May 19th-21st, 1945.
Division
3rd Division
Air Group
MAG-16
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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
08/13/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
11:20
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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