USMC 111026: ""Upbeat: Music careers in the Marine Corps""

Item Description
Title
USMC 111026: ""Upbeat: Music careers in the Marine Corps""

Citation information
USMC 111026: ""Upbeat: Music careers in the Marine Corps"" . (MH-11699; 3593DN.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
16/129

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MH-11699; 3593DN

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111026

Decade
1970

Date
1978

Description
This promotional film covers opportunities for musicians in the Marines. Includes footage of a musician auditioning, and Marines practicing and receiving classroom instruction at the Naval Amphibious Base School of Music. The film also shows Marines performing in various bands, including the USMC Drum & Bugle Corps.

Location(s)
Norfolk (Va.)

Camera crew
Walker, Benjamin (Screenwriter); Monumental Films & Recordings, Inc.

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Produced in 1978.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
480

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
07/19/2023

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
14:09

Digital file type
video/H264