USMC 103293: Change of Command ceremony with Lt. Col. William F. Santelmann.

Item Description
Title
USMC 103293: Change of Command ceremony with Lt. Col. William F. Santelmann.

Citation information
USMC 103293: Change of Command with Lt. Col. William F. Santelmann (HQ-16-296; R-3-4; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/938

Marine Corps Library Number
2040-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-296; R-3-4; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103293

Decade
1950

Date
1955-04-29

Description
Change of Command ceremony for LtCol William F. Santelmann, Director of the United States Marine Corps Band. Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, Marine Corps Band, Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, and Color Guard march in Sunset Parade at Marine Corps Barracks (D.C.) on April 29, 1955. Silent Drill Platoon drills. Santelmann and Captain Albert F. Schoepper (new Marine Corps Band Director), unidentified officers, Lieutenant General Randolph M. Pate, and unidentified civilians greet each other. Santelmann gives Schoepper a ceremonial sword. Lieutenant General William O. Brice stands to Schoepper's left as he receives the ceremonial sword. Schoepper, Santelmann, and Drum Major First Sergeant Edmond DeMar pose for photographs. Marine Corps Band marches onto parade field. Marine Corps Band marches behind Marine Drum and Bugle Corps. Silent Drill Platoon fix their bayonets. Color guard marches to front and center position, and then returns to its original position. Marine Corps Band and Drum and Bugle Corps pass in review. All Marines on the parade field present arms as the Color Guard lowers the U.S. flag. Spectators (civilians and Marines) watch the Color Guard lower the flag. Ranks of enlisted Marines in three formations go through manual of arms. Content related to USMC 103283.

Location(s)
Washington (D.C.); Marine Barracks (Washington D.C.)

Camera crew
Frank; Westmorland

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 29, 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
376

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
10:27

Digital file type
video/H264