USMC 100873: Stoner 63A trials in Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100873: Stoner 63A trials in Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100873: Stoner 63A trials in Vietnam. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/428/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100873

Decade
1960

Description
Lima Company, 1st Marines, assess and field test the Stoner 63A. A Lima company officer with improvised carbine sling gives instruction. A platoon-sized element advances into an open area. Others mounted on an LVTP-5 move forward. A second scene shows three marines firing the Stoner on an improvised range. Several short sequences of Marines in combat conditions follow.

Location(s)
Marble Mountain (Vietnam)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in late February and March 1967.

Division
1st Division


Regiment
1st Marines


Battalion
3rd Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
95

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
10/24/2018

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

Digital runtime
2:58

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War