USMC 100647: President Truman's Inaugural Parade

Item Description
Title
USMC 100647: President Truman's Inaugural Parade

Citation information
USMC 100647: President Truman's Inaugural Parade . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3083/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100647

Decade
1940

Date
1949-01-20

Description
President Truman's Inaugural parade on January 20, 1949. Footage captures the fly-over of 700 C-82 planes and the parade itself, featuring the city police, marching units by military branches and academies, people on horseback, over 40 marching bands and civic, business and historical groups. Each state is represented by a themed float. South Carolina Governor Thurmond is featured in a car.

Location(s)
Washington (D.C.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
380

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
08/07/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
12:54

Digital file type
video/H264