USMC 108732: Operation MAULEX-77

Item Description
Title
USMC 108732: Operation MAULEX-77

Citation information
USMC 108732: Operation MAULEX-77. (MH-11552; R-3-6; 8-1781.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3561

Marine Corps Library Number
8710-16

Additional identifiers
MH-11552; R-3-6; 8-1781

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108732

Decade
1970

Date
1977-03-24

Description
Marines participate in training exercise, operation MAULEX-77. Marines disembark LCU and LCM and wade through the surf to reach shore. Marines guard ""aggressor prisoners"", camouflage LVTP7s, travel through fields, simulate firing 106 recoilless rifle. 6x6 carrying Marine and towing 105 Howitzers disembark LCM in surf. AH1Js helicopters fly over beach and fields. LCM enters the rear of USS Tarawa (LHA-1). CH53 helicopters land aboard LHA-1 and USN personnel of Ship Marinenance UNit recieve chow, use shovel t o dig shallow trenches in the sand.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (CA)

Camera crew
Keller (Sgt)

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
388

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
11:01

Digital file type
video/H264