USMC 110663: ""America's Newsreel Album #12""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110663: ""America's Newsreel Album #12""

Citation information
USMC 110663: ""America's Newsreel Album #12"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3171

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110663

Decade
1960

Date
1960

Description
America's Newsreel Album, hosted by Dennis James. Featured is discussion of amateur inventions, USMC recruit training, the collapse of the Tacoma Bridge in Tacoma, Washington. Also features an interview with champion swimmer Florence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
James, James

Genre
Informational

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Kinescope

Original physical length
500

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
05/05/2023

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

Digital runtime
15:01

Digital file type
video/H264