USMC 103964: Collegiate track meet at Quantico, 1956

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