USMC 110695: ""Saga of the Sky Raider""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110695: ""Saga of the Sky Raider""

Citation information
USMC 110695: ""Saga of the Sky Raider"". (Saga of the Sky Raider on can.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4290

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
Saga of the Sky Raider on can

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110695

Decade
1960

Date
1969

Description
Tests of the experimental LVT models LVTRX2 and LVTEX3. Marines test the LVTRX2 in surf under different technical and environmental conditions. On land, Marines pilot the LVTRX2 through swampy terrain, the desert, and in snow. Tests of LVTRX2's onboard crane in water and on land. An LVTRX2 tows an LVTPX12 on land. Demonstration of the LVTEX3's excavator blade attachment. Marines load, fire, and detonate line charges from an LVTEX3.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Smith, F.A. (Sgt); Ransom, D.J. (Sgt)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed January to May 1969

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
1150

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
05/11/2023

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

Digital runtime
34:47

Digital file type
video/H264