USMC 103286: Ontos at Quantico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103286: Ontos at Quantico

Citation information
USMC 103286: Ontos at Quantico. (HQ-16-295; R-1-2; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/930

Marine Corps Library Number
2036-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-295; R-1-2; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103286

Decade
1950

Date
1955-04

Description
Ontos tank destroyer demonstration at Quantico. Ontos fires all six of its 106mm recoilless rifles. Rear of the 106mm recoilless rifle tubes as they fire. Ontos advances across rough terrain, aims its guns, and prepares to fire. Marines coordinate the demonstration.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Sherwood

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in April, 1955.

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
103

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
10/20/2020

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

Digital runtime
2:53

Digital file type
video/H264