USMC 103934: Fitness training at Quantico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103934: Fitness training at Quantico

Citation information
USMC 103934: Fitness training at Quantico. (Q-16-534; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/363

Marine Corps Library Number
2480-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-534; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103934

Decade
1950

Date
1956-03-21

Description
Fitness training at Quantico on March 21, 1956. Marines exercise with rifles and shout in cadence. Exercise instructor stands on a platform. Marines drill, jump on a trampoline, run through obstacle courses, and practice with bayonets. Officers watch Marines wrestle. Marines known to be in the film: Prosser, Ziehm, W. J. Murphy, M. C. Manus, and Baylor.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
W. F. Riggs

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on March 21, 1956.

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
259

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
5/18/2021

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

Digital runtime
7:13

Digital file type
video/H264