USMC 103528: Massachusetts Recruit Platoons, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103528: Massachusetts Recruit Platoons, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103528: Massachusetts Recruit Platoons, 1953. (HQ-16-251; R-1-3; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/210

Marine Corps Library Number
2177-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-251; R-1-3; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103528

Decade
1950

Date
1953-04-04

Description
Massachusetts Recruit Platoons at Parris Island in April, 1953. Recruits watch a weapons demonstration and drill. Troops, the Marine Corps Band, and unidentified officers stand in formation as Major General Merwin H. Silverthorn greets Massachusetts governor Christian Archibald Herter and his wife Mary C. Pratt Herter as they arrive. Content related to USMC 103530.

Location(s)
Parris Island (S.C.)

Camera crew
Waugh; Coppa

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 4 and 6, 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
403

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
12/11/2020

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
11:12

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War