USMC 111059: Search and rescue and medevac exercises

Item Description
Title
USMC 111059: Search and rescue and medevac exercises

Citation information
USMC 111059: Search and rescue and medevac exercises. (012-16-014-87; 026-16-014-87.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/6357

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-014-87; 026-16-014-87

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111059

Decade
1980

Date
1987-07-14

Description
Footage of "search and rescue" and "medical evacuation" exercises. Marines drive an LVT through the woods. A UH1 Huey lands in a clearing. Troops carry a Marine into the helicopter, which then takes off. Various aerial views from the helicopter cockpit showing woods, Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, Washington, D.C. monuments, and the White House (helicopter hovers over White House lawn). A CH46 Sea Knight hovers over water and lifts a person out of the water. Handwritten sheet reads "Turner KP, 012-16-014-87, HMX-1, SAR Medevac, 870623.

Location(s)
Washington (D.C.); Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico; Quantico (Va.)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 14, 1987.

Squadron
HMX-1


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
540

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
07/20/2023

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

Digital runtime
16:31

Digital file type
video/H264