USMC 103839: Sunset Parade with Scots Guards, 1955

Item Description
Title
USMC 103839: Sunset Parade with Scots Guards, 1955

Citation information
USMC 103839: Sunset Parade with Scots Guards, 1955. (Q-16-433; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1314

Marine Corps Library Number
2380-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-433; R-2-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103839

Decade
1950

Date
1955-10-07

Description
Sunset Parade at 8th and I with Scots Guard on October 7, 1955. Scots Guards Band and Pipes and Drums parade and play music. Marine Corps Band and Drum and Bugle Corps, led by Drum Major First Sergeant Edmond DeMar, parade and play music. Marines, color guard, Marine Corps Band, and Drum and Bugle Corps pass in review. The Marine Silent Drill Platoon drills. Lieutenant General Christian F. Schilt and an officer exit a staff car. Unidentified Marine officers and British Marine officers walk and chat. A British officer inspects Marines. A plaque reads, "Semper Fidelis United States Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. Original site occupied since 1801" and has the Marine Corps emblem. Footage of the Union Jack. Content related to USMC 103837.

Location(s)
Marine Barracks (Washington D.C.)

Camera crew
C. R. Newman

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on October 7, 1955.

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
326

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
4/14/2021

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

Digital runtime
9:04

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video