USMC 106919: ""M16 Evaluation""

Item Description
Title
USMC 106919: ""M16 Evaluation""

Citation information
USMC 106919: ""M16 Evaluation"" . (Q-16-138-67; R-8-19; 4-1966.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2922

Marine Corps Library Number
7341-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-138-67; R-8-19; 4-1966

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106919

Decade
1960

Date
1967-01-17

Description
Documentation of the M16 evaluation. Marines participate in various combat activities for M16 evaluation. Marines run down a dirt road and traverse a swamp while. An injured Marine is tended to on the beach. UH1E helicopter flies low over Marines. Marine fire M16 rifles, dig trenches with their helmets. Marines disembark an LCM onto the beach. Street life, various sights in Col�n, Panama. Marines fire M16. Marines play volleyball and swim in the ocean.

Location(s)
Fort Sherman (Panama Canal); Col�n (Panama)

Camera crew
McKenna; Huff; Owens; Padilla

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
455

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
12:43

Digital file type
video/H264