USMC 106927: ""M16 Evaluation""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 106927: ""M16 Evaluation"" Citation information USMC 106927: ""M16 Evaluation"". (Q-16-138-67; R-12-19; 4-1913.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2928 Marine Corps Library Number 7345-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-138-67; R-12-19; 4-1913 MIRC inventory no. USMC 106927 Decade 1960 Date 1967-01 Description Documentation of the M16 evaluation. Marines participate in M16 evaluation tests through various combat exercises and simulations. Armed with M16 and M14 rifles, Marines move through jungle and smoke. An injured Marine is tended to. An Army Green Beret Sgt. smokes a cigar. Marines fire M16 rifles, traverse jungle. Location(s) Fort Sherman (Panama Canal) Camera crew McKenna; Padilla Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Equipment tests Film date (note) Uplands: 12th 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 455 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 13:06 Digital file type video/H264