USMC 104491: Weapons demo, self propelled mortars

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104491: Weapons demo, self propelled mortars Citation information USMC 104491: Weapons demo, self propelled mortars. (Q-16-37-32-67; R-8-10.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/47 Marine Corps Library Number 2911-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-37-32-67; R-8-10 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104491 Decade 1960 Date 1967-03-10 Description Marines fire mortars for a weapons demonstration. One marine in the background knocks his helmet off in his haste to cover his ears as they fire 60mm mortars. Various artillery (M-48 and M-67) fire before an audience as a part of a demonstration. An M50 ONTOS is fired. 105mm Howtar is repeatedly fired. 155 Howitzer M-114A1 demonstration commences with a card describing the specifications. M67 Flame tank spews fire. Another 155mm Howitzer card M-109. 107mm Howtar is fired. Targets are blown up on camera before a large audience of Marines several times. Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew Patterson, D. F.; 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 400 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 11:19 Digital file type video/H264