USMC 104917: Weapons demonstration

Item Description
Title
USMC 104917: Weapons demonstration

Citation information
USMC 104917: Weapons demonstration. (Q-16-606; R-2-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1323

Marine Corps Library Number
3044-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-606; R-2-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104917

Decade
1950

Date
1957-10-16

Description
A Marine fires a bazooka rocket launcher. It is loaded and re-fired multiple times. Various weapons are demonstrated including M1917 Browning machine guns, heavy tanks, flame-throwers, M1 rifles, M50 Ontos, and a M67 flame thrower tank.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Nelson (SSgt)

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
390

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
06/16/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
10:54

Digital file type
video/H264