USMC 110837: Surface mobility demonstration

Item Description
Title
USMC 110837: Surface mobility demonstration

Citation information
USMC 110837: Surface mobility demonstration. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3353/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110837

Description
Sign reads ""Mobility & Support Division presents surface mobility demonstration."" While a crowd of civilians and military personnel watch, various all-terrain vehicles, both tracked and wheeled, demonstrate their mobility by driving across rough, muddy ground and through water. Includes jeeps, trucks, bulldozers, light armored vehicles, and amphibious vehicles.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Possibly 1960s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
755

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
06/30/2023

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

Digital runtime
21:08

Digital file type
video/H264