USMC 103554: FMFLANT Change of Command Ceremony, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103554: FMFLANT Change of Command Ceremony, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103554: FMFLANT Change of Command Ceremony, 1953. (HQ-16-256; R-1-1; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1050

Marine Corps Library Number
2192-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-256; R-1-1; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103554

Decade
1950

Date
1953-06-24

Description
FMFLANT Change of Command Ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, on June 24, 1953. Major General Field Harris talks with unidentified Navy Admirals, Major General O. P. Smith, Major General Clayton C. Jerome, and other unidentified Marine and Naval officers. Jerome reads from a paper to Harris. Troops and the color guard stand at attention with officers on the reviewing platform. Harris shakes hands and speaks with NCOs.

Location(s)
Norfolk (Va.)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on June 24, 1953.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
102

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
12/16/2020

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

Digital runtime
2:50

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War