USMC 111379: Gama Goat and other amphibious vehicles tested on various terrain

Item Description
Title
USMC 111379: Gama Goat and other amphibious vehicles tested on various terrain

Citation information
USMC 111379: Gama Goat and other amphibious vehicles tested on various terrain. (VC-54; 274.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
VC-54; 274

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111379

Description
Footage of amphibious vehicles advancing across various terrain. Featured vehicles: XM759 and M116 Husky and two unidentified amphibious cargo vehicles in marshland, an unidentified amphibious cargo vehicle in water and struggling to come ashore, an unidentified tracked vehicle topping a dirt mound, a XM 759 prototype Gama Goat moving in water, over dirt mounds, and in woods; and a Borg-Warner Airoll I advancing through heavy brush.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Equipment tests

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
275

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
03/28/2024

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

Digital runtime
8:11

Digital file type
video/H264