USMC 106006: Operation Spryte, Smoke Test,""Parade Rehearsal""

Item Description
Title
USMC 106006: Operation Spryte, Smoke Test,""Parade Rehearsal""

Citation information
USMC 106006: Operation Spryte, Smoke Test, ""Parade Rehearsal"". (Q-16-036-66; Q-16-89-69; Q-16-91-69; R-1-1; 57-1023.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2307

Marine Corps Library Number
6434-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-036-66; Q-16-89-69; Q-16-91-69; R-1-1; 57-1023

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106006

Decade
1960

Date
1966-04-07

Description
Compilation of different films. A emergency fire vehicle arrives. A gas tank is extinguished. M79 yellow smoke round test. Marines fire yellow smoke rounds in a forest. XM-676 canopy marker is tested. Aerial footage shows the yellow smoke rounds above the trees. Marines at the Marine Barracks at 8th and I participate in a parade rehearsal.

Location(s)
MCS Quantico (VA); 8th and I (Washington DC)

Camera crew
Hansen, E.A.; Robb, F.O; Ayers; Armstrong

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Yellow smoke round test filmed on the 10th of May, 1969; canopy marker on the 10th of June, 1969; the parade on the 6th of May 1969.

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
412

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
08/13/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:06

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video