USMC 110955: LVTs and other armored vehicles

Item Description
Title
USMC 110955: LVTs and other armored vehicles

Citation information
USMC 110955: LVTs and other armored vehicles. (P-3326; Q-16-004-64; JA-A6-5-05; 2100-2 999-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4564/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P-3326; Q-16-004-64; JA-A6-5-05; 2100-2 999-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110955

Description
Overview of four armored vehicles. ""Rifle self-propelled full tracked 106mm M50A1 (Ontos)"": A M50A1 Ontos moves and raises and lowers its guns. ""Landing vehicle tracked, LVTP-5A1"": Marines enter a LVTP-5A1 through its front hatch and disembark with a howitzer. Interior views of LVTP, showing equipment and a gauge. ""Landing vehicle tracked, howitzer-6, LVTH-6"": An LVTH-6 departs a landing craft and travels through water. LVTH-6s sit on a beach. ""Landing vehicle tracked, engineer-1, LVTE-1"": An LVTE clears brush and travels through a jungle with Marines riding atop. ""Howitzer medium self-propelled 155mm M-109"": A M109 Palladin raises its gun and Marines inspect its parts.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
East Coast Motion Picture Unit

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filming dates unknown.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
600

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
07/13/2023

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

Digital runtime
19:44

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video