USMC 104126: Track meet at Quantico

Item Description
Title
USMC 104126: Track meet at Quantico

Citation information
USMC 104126: Track meet at Quantico. (Q-16-521; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1972

Marine Corps Library Number
2680-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-521; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104126

Decade
1950

Date
1956-05-30

Description
Marine Corps track & field championship at Butler Stadium on May 30, 1956. Marines compete in hurdles, sprints, long-distance, long jump, javelin, high jump, relay races, and pole vault events. Marines receive awards from Lieutenant General Edwin A. Pollock. Marines known to have competed in events at the championship: Wes Santee (800-meter), Josh Culbreath (400-meter hurdles), Bob Mathias (shotput), Frank Morze (hammer throw), Bob Smith (hop, skip, and jump), Don Ziehl (10,000-meter), and Ralph Adams (3000-meter steeplechase, 440-yard relay).

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
R. L. White

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on May 30, 1956.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Negative

Original physical length
186

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
07/09/2021

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

Digital runtime
5:11

Digital file type
video/H264