USMC 108729: Operation MAULEX-77

Item Description
Title
USMC 108729: Operation MAULEX-77

Citation information
USMC 108729: Operation MAULEX-77. (MH-11552; R-1-6; 8-1789.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3557

Marine Corps Library Number
8708-16

Additional identifiers
MH-11552; R-1-6; 8-1789

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108729

Decade
1970

Date
1977-02

Description
Training exercise, operation MAULEX-77. Marines armed with M16 rifles and M60 machine guns guard and search aggressors. Marines rest and disembark LVTP7s on beach and in a field. LVTP7s and M60 tanks move over dirt roads and through fields. CH46 helicopters in flight. 6x6 convoy with 105 Howitzers travel over dirt roads. USS Tarawa (LHA-1) and other ships anchor on the horizon.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (CA)

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
385

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
01/28/2023

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

Digital runtime
10:50

Digital file type
video/H264