USMC 100012: A-3D aviation tests

Description: 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