USMC 105284: Target Practice from a Helicopter

Item Description
Title
USMC 105284: Target Practice from a Helicopter

Citation information
USMC 105284: Target Practice from a Helicopter. (MCS-26-62; Q-16-783; R-1-1; 57-0056.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2071

Marine Corps Library Number
3272-16

Additional identifiers
MCS-26-62; Q-16-783; R-1-1; 57-0056

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105284

Decade
1960

Description
Marines aboard a CH34 helicopter practice firing at targets below with various weapons including an M1919 Browning, an M60 machine gun, a grenade launcher, and an M1 carbine. Marines show the damage to their targets.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

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
300

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
7:36

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War