USMC 108896: ""LOADX El Toro""

Item Description
Title
USMC 108896: ""LOADX El Toro""

Citation information
USMC 108896: ""LOADX El Toro"". (121-16-13-77; R-1-3; 10-1951.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/788

Marine Corps Library Number
8804-16

Additional identifiers
121-16-13-77; R-1-3; 10-1951

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108896

Decade
1970

Date
1977-08-27

Description
LOADX with ABLT 2/7. USAF C141 lands, taxis, and takes off. Pallets of supplies and a jeep is unloaded from a C141, Marines of ABLT 2/7 disembark. Marines eat ""C"" rations in tents. USAF F106 in flight. USMC 1stLt. Foster engages a pair USAF officers in conversation. Vehicles unload supplies from a USAF C5A plane. C5A taxis.

Location(s)
El Toro (Calif.)

Camera crew
Gowin, G.L. (Cpl); Mantley, E.A. (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed from the 27th of August to the 5th of October, 1977.

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
02/08/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:55

Digital file type
video/H264