USMC 103371: Tank maneuvers at Quantico, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103371: Tank maneuvers at Quantico, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103371: Tank maneuvers at Quantico, 1953. (Q-16-282; R-1-1; v.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/695

Marine Corps Library Number
2100-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-282; R-1-1; v.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103371

Decade
1950

Date
1953-04-09

Description
M4 tank variations maneuver in a field at Quantico. Footage of Marines operating an M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle, M4 flamethrower tank with a bulldozer blade, M42 Duster and a M46 Patton tank. The M4 flamethrower tank fires flames. The M4 flamethrower tank with a bulldozer blade pushes dirt while Marines watch. Marines drive M4 tanks over obstacles.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
C. Passela; F.W. Doreste

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 9, 1953.

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
342

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
9:31

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War