USMC 104924: Weapons Demonstration

Item Description
Title
USMC 104924: Weapons Demonstration

Citation information
USMC 104924: 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
01/1325

Marine Corps Library Number
3047-16

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

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104924

Decade
1950

Date
1957-10-23

Description
Marines demonstrate various weaponry including an air rifle, a bayonet with both knife and grenade launcher attachments, an M1917 machine gun, and an M1918 Browning with its tripod. Marines set up, fire, and disassemble weapons. Marines receive a lecture on diverse grenades and geography aided by diagrams.

Location(s)
MCAS 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
410

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
11:12

Digital file type
video/H264