USMC 103256: Obstacle course at Quantico, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103256: Obstacle course at Quantico, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103256: Obstacle course at Quantico, 1953. (P-2102; Q-16-295; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/66/1

Marine Corps Library Number
2018-16

Additional identifiers
P-2102; Q-16-295; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103256

Decade
1950

Date
1953-07-20

Description
Marines tackle a Quantico obstacle course in 1953. Marines climb wooden obstacles, descend platforms using ropes, maneuver through stakes, crawl and run through barbed wire, jump off of wooden platforms, traverse monkey bars, run through tires, run across beams, climb through window-sized holes, and jump over wooden barricades.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
R. F. Tiedeman

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 20 and 21, 1953.

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
300

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
10/13/2020

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

Digital runtime
8:21

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War