USMC 110155: ""Combat Engineers""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110155: ""Combat Engineers""

Citation information
USMC 110155: ""Combat Engineers"". (R-19-19; J3-56-09-146-346; J3-06-49-504-708; J2-67-552-739; J2-35-30-680-888; J2-55-52-035-243.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4230/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
R-19-19; J3-56-09-146-346; J3-06-49-504-708; J2-67-552-739; J2-35-30-680-888; J2-55-52-035-243

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110155

Decade
1980

Date
1980-12-01

Description
Marines participate in operation CAX-80, combined arms exercises. Marines prepare C-4 M112 explosives before detonating, sweep for mines, and attend a lecture on M3E2 shaped demolition charge. A Marine fires an M60 machine gun on a tripod in low light conditions. Marines march through rocky terrain and throw grenades. An OV10 Bronco flies overhead. M60 tanks and LVTP7s move through desert while helicopters to include the AH1J fly overhead.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Glenn; Andrews; Cairns

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed throughout Dec. 1980

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
550

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
04/25/2023

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

Digital runtime
14:36

Digital file type
video/H264