USMC 110971: ""Provide for the common defence""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 110971: ""Provide for the common defence"" Citation information USMC 110971: ""Provide for the common defence"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 13/4705/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 110971 Description Film follows 80 civilians taking part in the ""Joint Civilian Orientation Conference,"" during which they learn about the military readiness of various branches of the Department of Defense. They start with a weapons demonstration before visiting the Pentagon and meeting military officials. At Quantico they watch Sikorsky CH53As land in a field with supplies and Marines disembark. Participants ride in Sikorsky HRS3s of HMX-1. At Naval Air Station Pensacola they ride a submarine and USS Saipan (CVL-48), where they watch planes of VP-MS-7 land and take off. Piasecki HUP2s take participants to a Blue Angels show. At Elgin Air Force Base they watch a Thunderbirds show and a ground strafing and bombing demonstration, fly in jets, and visit the McKinley Climatic Laboratory. At Fort Benning they watch aircraft and weapons demonstrations. Location(s) MCS Quantico (Va.); Quantico (Va.); Arlington (Va.); Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.); Eglin Air Force Base (Fla.); Fort Benning (Ga.) Camera crew Pictorial Branch, OPI/OSD Genre Informational Film date (note) Filmed 1948 or later. Probably between 1948 and 1950s. Squadron HMX-1 VP-MS-7 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 820 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 07/18/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 23:28 Digital file type video/H264