USMC 105273: ""Artillery Weapons Project""

Item Description
Title
USMC 105273: ""Artillery Weapons Project""

Citation information
USMC 105273: ""Artillery Weapons Project"". (Q-16-669; R-1-1; 57-0289; 44-57-08.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2057

Marine Corps Library Number
3262-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-669; R-1-1; 57-0289; 44-57-08

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105273

Decade
1950

Date
1959-05-07

Description
A 60mm mortar and its round are shown before a Marine fires it. The stabilizers are demonstrated to be set firmly in the sand. Using a length of rope, Marines pull a round from inside the 60mm mortar. The 60mm mortar is tested while set into a bed of loose rocks and earth, respectively. Marines measure the dent in the ground.

Location(s)
MCS Quantico (VA)

Camera crew
Thomson, R.W. (A/Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over several days including the 8th of May, 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
325

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
07/06/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:42

Digital file type
video/H264