USMC 103345: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949

Description: 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