USMC 107270: Desert Training

Item Description
Title
USMC 107270: Desert Training

Citation information
USMC 107270: Desert Training. (P-16-15-73; R-2-4; 55-1036.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2800

Marine Corps Library Number
7593-16

Additional identifiers
P-16-15-73; R-2-4; 55-1036

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107270

Decade
1970

Date
1972-09

Description
Members of 1/7 participate in desert training. Marines operate a jeep across the sand and man 60mm mortars. A Marine digs a shallow dugout and lies in it armed with an M79 grenade launcher. A4 aircraft perform strafing runs and dive over terrain. Marines fire 106R.R. and eat ""C"" rations. Marines fire M16 rifles, M60 machine guns. Marines operate PRC25 radio. Marines sit astride M48 tanks as it moves across sandy terrain. Marines disembark from a bus.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Gottleib, D.C.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Regiment
7th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


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
450

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
10/12/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:39

Digital file type
video/H264