USMC 111469: Firing weapons at sea and on land

Item Description
Title
USMC 111469: Firing weapons at sea and on land

Citation information
USMC 111469: Firing weapons at sea and on land. (P632; P1-6/6; 'G' File; #159.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4416

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P632; P1-6/6; 'G' File; #159

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111469

Decade
1960

Date
1966-01-09

Description
Batteries fire from a US Navy gun line (ships not identified). A second segment (on land) documents shore bombardment with a cadre of observers present. A third sequence feature USS Saint Paul (CA-73) firing her main batteries. Final section shows what appear to be anti-submarine operations.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Doubleday (Camera operator); Pacific Fleet Mobile Unit

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on January 9, 1966.

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
500

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
05/28/2024

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

Digital runtime
14:11

Digital file type
video/H264