USMC 100012: A-3D aviation tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 100012: A-3D aviation tests

Citation information
USMC 100012: A-3D aviation tests. (APB-16-16; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2274

Marine Corps Library Number
3471-16

Additional identifiers
APB-16-16; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100012

Decade
1950

Description
Test film of U. S. Navy Douglas A-3D Skywarrior probably at Muroc Dry Lake (now Edwards Air force Base). Multiple shots of take offs and landings with in-flight films from a chase plane. Ends with a clip of a Soviet jet bomber, Ilyushin IL-28.

Location(s)
Rogers Lake (Kern County, Calif.); Edwards Air Force Base

Producing entity
United States. Navy (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed in the early 1950s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
383

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
Unknown

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
09/03/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
12:47

Digital file type
video/H264