USMC 103345: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949

Item Description
Title
USMC 103345: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949

Citation information
USMC 103345: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949. (MISC-16-8; R-1-2; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1608

Marine Corps Library Number
2088-16

Additional identifiers
MISC-16-8; R-1-2; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103345

Decade
1940

Date
1949-07-07

Description
Marines participate in and spectate Field day events at Camp Pendleton. Marines compete in sprints, buy beer and food, jump hurdles, compete in three-legged races, run sprints in combat dress, run relay races, dive from a diving board, and drill in a parade field. Montford Point Marines drill in a parade field. Two members of the Montford Point Marines execute a Queen Anne salute. Two automobiles, one of them a MG T-Type sports car, drive across and park on the parade field. Johnny Roventini "Johnny the Bellboy", the publicized celebrity for Philip Morris Cigarettes, climbs out of the MG T-Type. Major General Erskine and an unidentified officer climb out of the other car. Roventini signs autographs for spectators, speaks into a microphone, and sits on Erskine's lap. Marines drill in the parade field. Content related to USMC 103372.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 7, 1949 (see USMC 103372).

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
415

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
11/3/2020

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

Digital runtime
11:32

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Montford Point Marines