USMC 103964: Collegiate track meet at Quantico, 1956

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103964: Collegiate track meet at Quantico, 1956 Citation information USMC 103964: Collegiate track meet at Quantico, 1956. (Q-16-510; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/643 Marine Corps Library Number 2549-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-510; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103964 Decade 1950 Date 1956-04-06 Description Collegiate track and field meet at Butler Stadium in Quantico on April 6, 1956. Military personnel and collegiate athletes compete in hurdles, shotput, relay races, pole vault, and sprints. An unidentified Navy Captain, Lieutenant General Edwin A. Pollock, Mary Morgan Pollock, Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas, and Julia Hayward Thomas exit a staff car. General Clifton B. Cates (retired) sits in the stands with the Thomases and General Randolph M. Pate. Pollock speaks from a podium. A Marine band plays music. Footage of the Olympic flag. Civilians and military personnel spectate. Schools represented include Winston-Salem Teachers College (now Winston-Salem State University) Michigan State University, La Salle University, Hampton University, Yale University, Harvard University, University of Maryland, Virginia Military Institute, Hamilton College, University of Michigan, The Ohio State University, University of Ohio, Saint Joseph's University, Morgan State University, and Villanova University. See January 11, 1956, Section S, Page 38 article in New York Times for more information. Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew W. F. Riggs Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on April 6, 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 348 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 5/26/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:40 Digital file type video/H264