USMC 111383: LVT-PX-6 and LVT-H-6 surf tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 111383: LVT-PX-6 and LVT-H-6 surf tests

Citation information
USMC 111383: LVT-PX-6 and LVT-H-6 surf tests. (VC-56; #69-A; TR-26.) 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-56; #69-A; TR-26

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111383

Decade
1960

Description
Test film of experimental LVTs, PX-6 and H-6. LVT-PX-6 (with a turret and main gun) is stalled in heavy surf. An unidentified officer operates a remote-controlled LVT-H6 as a U.S. Navy HUP1 Retriever flies overhead. An LVT-P-5 pulls a stalled LVT-H6 ashore out of heavy surf.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed at different times in the late 1950s and/or early 1960s

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
400

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
04/01/2024

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

Digital runtime
10:54

Digital file type
video/H264