Report on the M-16 rifle--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Report on the M-16 rifle--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 67-667

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WIS-TV News Collection


Date
1967-05-17

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on May 15, 1967.

Content Description
Closeup of M-16 rifle as it is fired in single shot and full automatic modes. Medium shot of soldier and reporter Jerry Pate at Fort Jackson. Medium shot Pate gives facts about rifle and states that there have been reports of its jamming. Asks Sergeant Larry S. Geiser[?] about this, who says that if properly cleaned, it does not jam. More facts about rifle are given and about its usefulness in Vietnam. Various scenes of target practice with the rifle.

Geographic Location
Columbia (S.C.)


Subject
Fort Jackson (S.C.)
Soldiers--United States.
M-16 rifle.


Creator Name
WIS-TV (Production unit)


Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Sound. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate.

Citation
Report on the M-16 rifle--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 67-667.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

S.C. County
Richland County (S.C.)


Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
02:15

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2016-06-03

Language
English

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/