USMC 104126: Track meet at Quantico

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104126: Track meet at Quantico Citation information USMC 104126: Track meet at Quantico. (Q-16-521; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1972 Marine Corps Library Number 2680-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-521; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104126 Decade 1950 Date 1956-05-30 Description Marine Corps track & field championship at Butler Stadium on May 30, 1956. Marines compete in hurdles, sprints, long-distance, long jump, javelin, high jump, relay races, and pole vault events. Marines receive awards from Lieutenant General Edwin A. Pollock. Marines known to have competed in events at the championship: Wes Santee (800-meter), Josh Culbreath (400-meter hurdles), Bob Mathias (shotput), Frank Morze (hammer throw), Bob Smith (hop, skip, and jump), Don Ziehl (10,000-meter), and Ralph Adams (3000-meter steeplechase, 440-yard relay). Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew R. L. White Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on May 30, 1956. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Negative Original physical length 186 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 07/09/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 5:11 Digital file type video/H264