USMC 106917: Fort Sherman Activity

Description: 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