USMC 104922: Weapons Demonstration

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104922: Weapons Demonstration Citation information USMC 104922: Weapons Demonstration. (Q-16-606; R-5-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1324 Marine Corps Library Number 3046-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-606; R-5-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104922 Decade 1950 Date 1957-10-23 Description Marines demonstrate various equipment of war as well as weapons. Featured weaponry includes an M2 flamethrower, an M1 rifle, a 3.5 bazooka rocket launcher, an M1919 Browning machine gun, a .45 cal Thompson machine gun, a heavy mortar, and M50 Ontos. 18th and early 19th century muskets and rifles are fired by a man in costume. Location(s) MCS Quantico (VA) Camera crew Poff (Cpl); R. L. White (Sgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 395 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 06/16/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 11:04 Digital file type video/H264