USMC 106929: ""M16 Evaluation""

Item Description
Title
USMC 106929: ""M16 Evaluation""

Citation information
USMC 106929: ""M16 Evaluation"". (Q-16-138-67; R-13-19; 4-1914.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2930

Marine Corps Library Number
7346-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-138-67; R-13-19; 4-1914

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106929

Decade
1960

Date
1968-01-11

Description
Documentation of the M16 evaluation. Marines participate in M16 evaluation tests through various combat exercises and simulations. Marines disembark LCM and crawl up a beach and through a swampy jungle armed with M16 and M14 rifles. Marines clean and maintain their firearms.

Location(s)
Fort Sherman (Panama Canal); Panama

Camera crew
Huff

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

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
450

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
12:54

Digital file type
video/H264