USMC 104483: Weapons demo, artillery demonstration

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104483: Weapons demo, artillery demonstration Citation information USMC 104483: Weapons demo, artillery demonstration. (Q-16-37-32-67; R-4-10.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1662 Marine Corps Library Number 2907-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-37-32-67; R-4-10 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104483 Decade 1960 Date 1967-03 Description 105mm Howitzer is prepped for firing by marines. Several times, a marine fires the Howitzer and grabs the smoking empty shell casing and tosses it aside. Artillery tests are undertaken on a Mechanical Mule mounted with 106 recoilless rifle and 50 cal. spotting rifle. An M-50 ONTOS is fired. M-110 8" self propelled Howitzer is demonstrated. It is shown from multiple angles, including all of its features. Marines continue demonstration with M-14 rifles as other Marines spectate. Further firearm demonstration with various firearms and lecture. Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew Miller (GySgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 389 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 04/17/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:57 Digital file type video/H264