USMC 111072: Liberty Centennial Weekend, New York City, 1986

Item Description
Title
USMC 111072: Liberty Centennial Weekend, New York City, 1986

Citation information
USMC 111072: Liberty Centennial Weekend, New York City, 1986. (012-16-11-86.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/6466

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-11-86

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111072

Decade
1980

Date
1986-07-03

Description
Various footage of New York City during Liberty Centennial Weekend, 1986. People walk through downtown streets. Buildings shown include Empire State Building, Helmsley Building, PanAm (now MetLife) Building, Clock Tower, Citicorp (Now Citigroup) Center, World Trade Center, and many more. McDonald's McBlimp flies over the area. People look out at the city from the Empire State Building's 86th Floor Observatory. Footage of various boats and ships in New York Harbor. A street magician performs rope tricks for a crowd. Col. John R. Bourgeois conducts the United States Marine Band.

Location(s)
New York (N.Y.)

Camera crew
Morris, J. V. (Camera operator)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 3, 1986.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
761

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
07/21/2023

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

Digital runtime
21:28

Digital file type
video/H264