USMC 107409: Beach Landing, Vieques

Item Description
Title
USMC 107409: Beach Landing, Vieques

Citation information
USMC 107409: Beach Landing, Vieques. (FA-16-2-74; 1DD-3-21-73; R-4-20; 4-1808.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3058

Marine Corps Library Number
7736-16

Additional identifiers
FA-16-2-74; 1DD-3-21-73; R-4-20; 4-1808

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107409

Decade
1970

Date
1973-01-30

Description
USMC Col gestures to map of Puerto Rico. As a part of a a beach landing exercise ""Agile Jouster"", marines plant explosive charges on beach, practice guerilla tactics, and set up trip flares. Mars sweep fields and light wooded areas. Puerto Rican youth boxing. Cows graze. Views of Vieques.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.); Camp Garcia (P.R.)

Camera crew
McCoy; Blasingame, T.M.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
460

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
10/19/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:31

Digital file type
video/H264