USMC 100037: Planes and ships

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100037: Planes and ships Citation information USMC 100037: Planes and ships. (R-1-1; ABP-16-37.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 05/2287 Marine Corps Library Number 3487-16 Additional identifiers R-1-1; ABP-16-37 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100037 Decade 1950 Description Unrelated sequences. First is USS Galveston (CLG-3) test firing its Talos missile system in late 1950s or early 1960s. Helicopter trials (Bell HSL-1 and Sikorsky HSS-1) off an unidentified carrier deck. Unidentified content then followed by aerial views of the USS Mount Olympus (ACG-8) steaming with USS Freemont (APA-44), the decks of which are filled with Marines or soldiers, and the USS Sicily (CVE-118) with F4-U Corsairs and one Sikorsky S-51/HO3S-1 on deck. The final sequence features F8-U Crusader and FJ-3 Fury taking off from the USS Ranger (CVA-61). Location(s) Unknown Producing entity United States. Navy (Production unit) Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed at various times in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 350 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. 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 11:53 Digital file type video/H264