USMC 110890: ""Youth physical fitness: a competition everyone wins""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 110890: ""Youth physical fitness: a competition everyone wins"" Citation information USMC 110890: ""Youth physical fitness: a competition everyone wins"". (MH-11622.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3356 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers MH-11622 MIRC inventory no. USMC 110890 Decade 1970 Date 1976 Description This information film showcases the Marine Corps Youth Physical Fitness Program. Program director Byron Johnson describes the program while participants from Cranberry Area Junior Senior High School in Seneca, PA demonstrate proper form for various exercises. Teenagers participate in regional finals at Penn Hills High School in Penn Hills, PA and at the national championship at Marine Barracks Washington. 8th and I Commandant's House is visible in background while participants compete on barracks field. Current participants and Cranberry High wrestling coach Jim Crowley, a former participant, explain the program's benefits. National championships conclude with a trophy ceremony and an awards banquet, where the Color Guard performs. Participants and coaches attend evening parade at 8th and I. Location(s) Seneca (Pa.); Penn Hills (Pa.); 8th and I (Washington D.C.) Camera crew Milner-Fenwick, Inc. Genre Informational Film date (note) Filmed in 1976. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 650 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 07/10/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 19:27 Digital file type video/H264