USMC 108115: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Item Description
Title
USMC 108115: Operation Alkali Canyon 73

Citation information
USMC 108115: Operation Alkali Canyon 73 . (JA-A6-4-02; R-35-41; 8-2074.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3468

Marine Corps Library Number
8308-16

Additional identifiers
JA-A6-4-02; R-35-41; 8-2074

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108115

Decade
1970

Date
1973-08-08

Description
Operation Alkali Canyon 73 Marine Reserve training activities and field problems. Marines fire M60 machine guns. A pilot climbs into the cockpit of an AV8A aircraft. AV8A idles, taxis, and executes conventional takeoff. AH1G, UH1 helicopters take off and in flight. Pilot and ground crewmen give preflight check to AV8A. LVTP7s move through desert terrain. A lizard inspects the camera.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Roberts; Gray, R.J.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-11


Squadron
VMA-513


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
11/18/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:00

Digital file type
video/H264