USMC 103364: Ft. Henry Guard parades with Battle Color Detachment

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103364: Ft. Henry Guard parades with Battle Color Detachment Citation information USMC 103364: Ft. Henry Guard parades with Battle Color Detachment. (Q-16-424; R-1-1; v.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1627 Marine Corps Library Number 2097-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-424; R-1-1; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103364 Decade 1950 Date 1954-08-18 Description Fort Henry Guard parade with Marine Battle Color Detachment. Civilians and foreign officers line the parade field. Civilians and a Canadian Army Captain, possibly Fort Henry Guard Captain Douglas H. Thompson, enter the fort. Members of the Fort Henry Guard enter the fort, followed by Director of Fort Henry Ronald L. Way, an unidentified civilian, and a Marine Brigadier General (possibly S. K. Bird). The unidentified civilian and the Brigadier General shake hands and have their photograph taken. The Fort Henry Guard and band march on the parade ground, along with the Guard's mascot "David the Goat". The Fort Henry Guard goes through the manual of arms. The Marine Battle Color Detachment enters the fort. The Union Jack adorns the walls of the fort. Content related to USMC 103365. Location(s) Fort Henry (Ontario, Canada) Camera crew Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Possibly filmed on August 18, 1954. This day marked the first meeting of the Fort Henry Guard and the Marine Battle Color Detachment. Fort Henry Guard Captain Douglas H. Thompson and Marine Brigadier General S.K. Bird famously shook hands over the Canada-United States border in 1954. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Negative Original physical length 100 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 11/10/2020 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 2:47 Digital file type video/H264