USMC 104924: Weapons Demonstration

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104924: Weapons Demonstration Citation information USMC 104924: 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 01/1325 Marine Corps Library Number 3047-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-606; R-5-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104924 Decade 1950 Date 1957-10-23 Description Marines demonstrate various weaponry including an air rifle, a bayonet with both knife and grenade launcher attachments, an M1917 machine gun, and an M1918 Browning with its tripod. Marines set up, fire, and disassemble weapons. Marines receive a lecture on diverse grenades and geography aided by diagrams. Location(s) MCAS 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 410 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 11:12 Digital file type video/H264