USMC 103365: Ft. Henry Guard demonstration

Item Description
Title
USMC 103365: Ft. Henry Guard demonstration

Citation information
USMC 103365: Ft. Henry Guard demonstration. (Q-16-337; R-1-2; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1520

Marine Corps Library Number
2098-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-337; R-1-2; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103365

Decade
1950

Date
1954-08-18

Description
Fort Henry Guard parade with Marine Battle Color Detachment. Members of the Fort Henry Guard drill in the parade field, as Marines and Canadian troops spectate. Members of the Fort Henry Guard, including the Fort Henry Guard band, enter the fort, along with the Guard's mascot "David the Goat". Members of the Marine Battle Color Detachment march into the fort. Members of the Fort Henry Guard continue drilling on the parade field. Four F9F Panther jet fighters fly overhead. The Fort Henry Guard demonstrate various combat formations used by the British Empire and fire Snider-Enfield rifles and carbines. Civilians walk to their seats at the fort. Content related to USMC 103364.

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 (see USMC 103364).

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
341

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
9:29

Digital file type
video/H264