USMC 103365: Ft. Henry Guard demonstration

Description: 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