USMC 106551: Mortar Firing

Item Description
Title
USMC 106551: Mortar Firing

Citation information
USMC 106551: Mortar Firing. (Q-16-54-70; Q-16-71-70; R-1-1; 57-1123.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2667

Marine Corps Library Number
7042-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-54-70; Q-16-71-70; R-1-1; 57-1123

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106551

Decade
1970

Date
1970-05

Description
Reel containing two different subjects. Explosions in a field from mortar firing tests. A KC130 taxis, stops. The pilots and crewmen disembark, shake hands and speak with a Marine Colonel and a USN Captain. The group poses for photographs. USN musicians perform.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.); Pensacola (Fla.)

Camera crew
Vandergrift, P.F.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
First section is dated 1970-05-13

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
403

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
11:28

Digital file type
video/H264