USMC 103544: Royal Marine Band, 1953

Item Description
Title
USMC 103544: Royal Marine Band, 1953

Citation information
USMC 103544: Royal Marine Band, 1953. (HQ-16-248; R-1-2; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1542

Marine Corps Library Number
2187-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-248; R-1-2; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103544

Decade
1950

Date
1953

Description
Marines drill and play music with the Royal Marine Band in Portsmouth, England in 1953. A Royal Marine plays a snare drum. Marine Band Drum Major Master Sergeant Edmond DeMar leads the Royal Marine Band as they play music and drill on the parade ground. A Royal Marine bass drummer wears a leopard skin apron and twirls his drumsticks. A Royal Marine drum major twirls his baton. Three unidentified NCO Marine Corps bandsmen, Edmond DeMar, and a Royal Marine drum major talk and pass a baton. Content related to USMC 103546.

Location(s)
Portsmouth (England)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1953.

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
365

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
12/15/2020

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

Digital runtime
10:09

Digital file type
video/H264