USMC 106933: ""M16 Evaluation""

Item Description
Title
USMC 106933: ""M16 Evaluation""

Citation information
USMC 106933: ""M16 Evaluation"" . (Q-16-138-67; R-15-19; 4-1965.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2933

Marine Corps Library Number
7348-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-138-67; R-15-19; 4-1965

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106933

Decade
1960

Date
1968-01-12

Description
Documentation of the M16 evaluation. Marines participate in M16 evaluation tests through various combat exercises and simulations. Marines traverse a rainforest armed with M16 rifles. An LCM delivers trucks and Marines to shore.

Location(s)
Fort Sherman (Panama Canal)

Camera crew
Dillon (PFC); 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
400

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
09/27/2022

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

Digital runtime
11:24

Digital file type
video/H264