USMC 100651: M-14 rifle firing defective rounds

Item Description
Title
USMC 100651: M-14 rifle firing defective rounds

Citation information
USMC 100651: M-14 rifle firing defective rounds . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3096/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100651

Decade
1960

Description
Two servicemen test the effects of firing defective rounds with a M-14 rifle by setting up a string pull system to trigger the rifle from a distance. The defective rounds explode within the rifle, splintering the rifle in half. The pull system, explosion and effect on the rifle are shown from multiple angles.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Most likely filmed between 1959 and 1964.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
150

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
08/06/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
5:39

Digital file type
video/H264