USMC 104986: Mortar Demonstration

Item Description
Title
USMC 104986: Mortar Demonstration

Citation information
USMC 104986: Mortar Demonstration. (Q-16-613; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1659

Marine Corps Library Number
3088-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-613; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104986

Decade
1950

Date
1958

Description
A M2 4.2-inch mortar is demonstrated, its set-up, loading, and repeated firing, before a crowd of spectating Marines.

Location(s)
MCAS Quantico (VA)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in late autumn or winter 1958.

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
305

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
06/20/2022

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

Digital runtime
8:12

Digital file type
video/H264