USMC 106917: Fort Sherman Activity

Item Description
Title
USMC 106917: Fort Sherman Activity

Citation information
USMC 106917: Fort Sherman Activity. (Q-16-138-67; R-7-19; 4-1946.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2921

Marine Corps Library Number
7340-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-138-67; R-7-19; 4-1946

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106917

Decade
1960

Date
1968-01-08

Description
A US Army member handles animals. Army instruct on survival school. Marines armed with M16s as part of an ""M16 Evaluation Test"", ride a LCM across water and disembark onto the beach. Marines fire M16s and dig into the sand with their helmets. An Army UH1E flies low over Marines. An injured Marine is tended to. Marines reload a new magazine into and clean M16s.

Location(s)
Fort Sherman (Panama Canal)

Camera crew
Padilla; Huff; Dillon (PFC)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
17th-19th of January, 1968

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
400

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
09/27/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:38

Digital file type
video/H264