USMC 108677: Operation Fortress Lightning 1977

Item Description
Title
USMC 108677: Operation Fortress Lightning 1977

Citation information
USMC 108677: Operation Fortress Lightning 1977. (124-16-012-77; R-3-6; 6-2144.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3522

Marine Corps Library Number
8670-16

Additional identifiers
124-16-012-77; R-3-6; 6-2144

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108677

Decade
1970

Date
1977-10

Description
Training exercise Operation Fortress Lightning 1977. Marines with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns walk in a wooded area and on a dirt road, unload an electrical generator trailer from the USS New Orleans (LPH-11), probe for mines with machetes, set up and camouflage an 81mm mortar position. Marines shave in the field. On the deck of the USS New Orleans, a CH46 starts its engines and a CH53 lands. A UH1N helicopter idles on a beach.

Location(s)
Okinawa (Japan); Philippines

Camera crew
Fogle; Gilkey

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-16


Squadron
VMM-165


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
375

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
01/26/2023

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

Digital runtime
10:42

Digital file type
video/H264