USMC 110885: ""The fourteen man rifle squad""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110885: ""The fourteen man rifle squad""

Citation information
USMC 110885: ""The fourteen man rifle squad"". (MH-10554.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3337/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MH-10554

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110885

Description
This informational film shows a fourteen-man Marine rifle squad demonstrating an assault patrol. A narrator describes the duties of the squad leader and squad members during the assault. A squad leader inspects his team. A Marine goes over a map and gives order to squad leaders. A rifle team advances over ground, takes cover, fires rifles, digs a foxhole, and uses a radio. Marines board CH46 Sea Knights of HMM-163. CH46s take off and land, and Marines disembark.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Circa 1960s.

Air Wing
MAG-16


Air Group
MAW-3


Squadron
HMM-163


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
570

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
07/11/2023

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

Digital runtime
16:18

Digital file type
video/H264