USMC 108820: Operation Palm Tree VI 78

Item Description
Title
USMC 108820: Operation Palm Tree VI 78

Citation information
USMC 108820: Operation Palm Tree VI 78. (122-16-0890-78; R-4-4; R-4-4; 8-1947.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3608

Marine Corps Library Number
8756-16

Additional identifiers
122-16-0890-78; R-4-4; R-4-4; 8-1947

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108820

Decade
1970

Date
1978-05

Description
Marines participate in Operation Palm Tree VI-78 desert training exercise. LVTP7s, M60s move through the desert. Marines attend Catholic field mass, receive communion, ride aboard a truck convoy, board and disembark a USAF C141, operate an RFK60 forklift. Forward air controllers use PRC77s. The C141 lands and taxis.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.); Cherry Point (NC)

Camera crew
Steimel, C.J.

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
315

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
02/07/2023

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

Digital runtime
8:55

Digital file type
video/H264