USMC 108085: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Item Description
Title
USMC 108085: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Citation information
USMC 108085: Operation Alkali Canyon 73. (JA-A6-4-02; R-15-41; 8-2075.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3434

Marine Corps Library Number
8288-16

Additional identifiers
JA-A6-4-02; R-15-41; 8-2075

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108085

Decade
1970

Date
1973-08-08

Description
Operation Alkali Canyon 73 Marine Reserve training activities. Marines look over map and operate a 175mm self-propelled artillery gun. AV8A in flight. Marines in civilian clothes board buses. Marines play football in the desert and clean their rifles. Marines clean 105 Howitzer and radio equipment. Civilian and military members sit on bleachers to observe artillery demonstration. Dust and smoke rises from explosions in the desert. LVTP7s and M48 tanks fire and move across desert terrain.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Gildea (PFC); Roberts

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
through the 10th of August 1973

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
410

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
11/17/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:48

Digital file type
video/H264