USMC 106915: Fort Sherman Activity

Item Description
Title
USMC 106915: Fort Sherman Activity

Citation information
USMC 106915: Fort Sherman Activity. (Q-16-138-67; R-6-19; 4-1930.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2919

Marine Corps Library Number
7339-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-138-67; R-6-19; 4-1930

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106915

Decade
1960

Date
1967-12-30

Description
Marines and civilians board buses on a runway. Civilians and military enter an Army UH1E helicopter. US Army, USMC, and USAF members walk together over a dirt road and converse. Marines cut through the brush with machetes. Cargo ships move through Gatun Locks in the Panama Canal. A night briefing is given by a USMC officer. Marines receive M16 rifles.

Location(s)
Fort Sherman (Panama Canal)

Camera crew
McKenna, J.L.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

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
450

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
09/15/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:49

Digital file type
video/H264