USMC 108798: Operation Jack Frost

Item Description
Title
USMC 108798: Operation Jack Frost

Citation information
USMC 108798: Operation Jack Frost. (014-16-31-76; R-3-4; 8-1950.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/784

Marine Corps Library Number
8744-16

Additional identifiers
014-16-31-76; R-3-4; 8-1950

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108798

Decade
1970

Date
1976-01

Description
Marines participate in cold weather training, Operation Jack Frost. A reserve Marine uses binoculars while perched in a tree. Reserve Marines heat chow on a small stove, string barbed wire, erect an eight-man tent. Troops push a towed 105mm Howitzer over a snow-covered area, fire M16 rifle blanks at simulated aggressors, capture and guard the aggressors. A USAF CH53E lands in a snow-covered area. Various close-ups of the 105mm Howitzer.

Location(s)
Fort Greely (AK)

Camera crew
Brumfield, R.L.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
4th Division


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
01/31/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:19

Digital file type
video/H264