USMC 106518: USMC Birthday Ceremonies

Item Description
Title
USMC 106518: USMC Birthday Ceremonies

Citation information
USMC 106518: USMC Birthday Ceremonies. (3D-16-13-70; R-1-1; 57-2153.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2651

Marine Corps Library Number
7011-16

Additional identifiers
3D-16-13-70; R-1-1; 57-2153

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106518

Decade
1970

Date
1970-11-10

Description
Marines march in formation, stand at attention. Marine musicians march and play. Marines with uniforms of early years accompany MajGen L.H. Wilson with birthday cake. MajGen Wilson inspects Marines, delivers a speech, and presents birthday cake to the oldest and youngest Marines (GSgt WM Ferriter and Pfc Benjamin Shelton respectively). Marines pass in review, helicopters (UH1E, CH46A, and CH53A) fly overhead.

Location(s)
Camp Courtney (Japan)

Camera crew
Henderson, J.N.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
3rd Division


Battalion
3rd Tank Battalion
3rd Recon Battalion


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
377

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
09/07/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:43

Digital file type
video/H264