USMC 104501: Ceremonies at FMFPAC

Item Description
Title
USMC 104501: Ceremonies at FMFPAC

Citation information
USMC 104501: Ceremonies at FMFPAC. (P-16-306.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1618

Marine Corps Library Number
2922-16

Additional identifiers
P-16-306

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104501

Decade
1950

Description
Commanding Major General Vernon E. Megee, Naval and Marine Corps officers chat amongst each other and their wives. Post band and Color Guard marches along parade ground. Troops perform the manual of arms all while spectators, both military personnel and civilians, spectate. MajGen Megee gives a speech. Barefoot boys watch the procession march by. Following the ceremony, MajGen. Megee greets and chats with those present.

Location(s)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Headquarters Fleet Marine Force Pacific

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Sometime between December 1957 to November 1959

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
400

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
04/17/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
11:02

Digital file type
video/H264