USMC 104501: Ceremonies at FMFPAC

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104501: Ceremonies at FMFPAC Citation information USMC 104501: Ceremonies at FMFPAC. (P-16-306.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1618 Marine Corps Library Number 2922-16 Additional identifiers P-16-306 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104501 Decade 1950 Description Commanding Major General Vernon E. Megee, Naval and Marine Corps officers chat amongst each other and their wives. Post band and Color Guard marches along parade ground. Troops perform the manual of arms all while spectators, both military personnel and civilians, spectate. MajGen Megee gives a speech. Barefoot boys watch the procession march by. Following the ceremony, MajGen. Megee greets and chats with those present. Location(s) Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Headquarters Fleet Marine Force Pacific Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Sometime between December 1957 to November 1959 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 11:02 Digital file type video/H264