USMC 108579: Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5

Item Description
Title
USMC 108579: Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5

Citation information
USMC 108579: Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5. (121-16-7-77; R-7-12; 8-2169.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3458

Marine Corps Library Number
8600-16

Additional identifiers
121-16-7-77; R-7-12; 8-2169

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108579

Decade
1970

Date
1977-05

Description
Air Battalion Landing Team 3/5 training activity. At El Toro, a Marine looks at paperwork, other Marines gather, prepare for deployment with transport packs, M16 rifles. Marines wait for air lift. USAF C141 aircraft taxis. USAF personnel operate radio equipment and perform tasks in combat operations tower. US Marines and USAF personnel in operation center work. Marines aboard C141. Night scenes of Marines as they move across and rest in a field, disembark MC bus. A RFK-60 forklift boards C141.

Location(s)
El Toro (Calif.); 29 Palms (Calif.)

Camera crew
Bristol

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
1st Division


Regiment
5th Marines


Battalion
3rd 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
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
01/20/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:34

Digital file type
video/H264