USMC 100037: Planes and ships
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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
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
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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