USMC 105273: ""Artillery Weapons Project""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105273: ""Artillery Weapons Project"" Citation information USMC 105273: ""Artillery Weapons Project"". (Q-16-669; R-1-1; 57-0289; 44-57-08.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2057 Marine Corps Library Number 3262-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-669; R-1-1; 57-0289; 44-57-08 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105273 Decade 1950 Date 1959-05-07 Description A 60mm mortar and its round are shown before a Marine fires it. The stabilizers are demonstrated to be set firmly in the sand. Using a length of rope, Marines pull a round from inside the 60mm mortar. The 60mm mortar is tested while set into a bed of loose rocks and earth, respectively. Marines measure the dent in the ground. Location(s) MCS Quantico (VA) Camera crew Thomson, R.W. (A/Sgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed over several days including the 8th of May, 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 325 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 07/06/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 9:42 Digital file type video/H264