USMC 106907: M16 Evaluation Test

Item Description
Title
USMC 106907: M16 Evaluation Test

Citation information
USMC 106907: M16 Evaluation Test. (Q-16-138-67; R-2-19; 4-1884.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2915

Marine Corps Library Number
7335-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-138-67; R-2-19; 4-1884

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106907

Decade
1960

Date
1968-01-12

Description
Marines disassemble and pack away tents. Marines load M14 magazines and pack them away into a loading box. Marines run in formation across a field and over a road. An LCM moves through the water. Marines go through an M16 evaluation test at Mojinga swamp near Ft. Sherman in the Panama Canal Zone.

Location(s)
Fort Sherman (Panama Canal)

Camera crew
McKenna, J.L.; Paddila

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
440

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
09/24/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:25

Digital file type
video/H264