USMC 104922: Weapons Demonstration

Item Description
Title
USMC 104922: Weapons Demonstration

Citation information
USMC 104922: Weapons Demonstration. (Q-16-606; R-5-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1324

Marine Corps Library Number
3046-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-606; R-5-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104922

Decade
1950

Date
1957-10-23

Description
Marines demonstrate various equipment of war as well as weapons. Featured weaponry includes an M2 flamethrower, an M1 rifle, a 3.5 bazooka rocket launcher, an M1919 Browning machine gun, a .45 cal Thompson machine gun, a heavy mortar, and M50 Ontos. 18th and early 19th century muskets and rifles are fired by a man in costume.

Location(s)
MCS Quantico (VA)

Camera crew
Poff (Cpl); R. L. White (Sgt)

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
395

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
11:04

Digital file type
video/H264