USMC 110991: ""The .45 caliber pistol""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110991: ""The .45 caliber pistol""

Citation information
USMC 110991: ""The .45 caliber pistol"". (MH-10582-A.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3195/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MH-10582-A

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110991

Decade
1960

Date
1968

Description
Part of the Basic Marksmanship Series, this U.S. Marine Corps Training Film teaches proper use of the .45 caliber service pistol. Pvt. Rayburn demonstrates loading, aiming, firing, and reloading the pistol at a shooting range. Two imaginative scenes evoke a Southeast Asia combat arena.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Combat Pictorial Branch

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Produced in 1968.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
560

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
07/18/2023

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

Digital runtime
15:52

Digital file type
video/H264