USMC 110171: ""Total Force""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110171: ""Total Force""

Citation information
USMC 110171: ""Total Force"". (MH-11602.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4219/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MH-11602

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110171

Decade
1970

Description
An informational film detailing Operation Alkali Canyon, a joint exercise between the Fleet Marine Force and Marine reserves in a demanding desert environment. Marines fire various weapons and artillery to include but not limited to M60 machine guns, M20 Bazooka, M16 rifles, M60 tanks, and 106 recoilless rifles. Later, Marines train with NATO forces in Operation Strong Express.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (CA); Norway; Turkey

Camera crew
Webb, Jack

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Operation Strong Express occurred in September 1972. Operation Alkali Canyon occurred in 1973.

Division
4th Division


Regiment
25th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
610

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
18:40

Digital file type
video/H264