USMC 103344: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949

Item Description
Title
USMC 103344: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949

Citation information
USMC 103344: Field day at Camp Pendleton, 1949. (MISC-16-7; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1494

Marine Corps Library Number
2084-16

Additional identifiers
MISC-16-7; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103344

Decade
1940

Date
1949-07-07

Description
Marines participate in and spectate Field day events at Camp Pendleton. A diving exhibition with comic actors and synchronized swimming is held. A Marine rows a canoe in the pool. Major General Graves B. Erskine salutes African American Marine drill team (Montford Point Marines). Civilians and unidentified officers watch the Montford Point Marines. Erskine speaks into a microphone. Content related to USMC 103372.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on July 7, 1949 (see USMC 103372).

Division
1st Division


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
296

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
11/3/2020

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

Digital runtime
8:14

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Montford Point Marines