USMC 100185: USS Gyatt missile tests

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100185: USS Gyatt missile tests Citation information USMC 100185: USS Gyatt missile tests. (MC5-062-64; R-1-2; MN-8529.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2407 Marine Corps Library Number 3567-16 Additional identifiers MC5-062-64; R-1-2; MN-8529 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100185 Decade 1950 Description Sequences showing U.S. Navy ships and a carrier USS Philippine Sea (CVE-47) firing 5-inch guns. Slates present indicate that some of the filming might have been for Navy film, MN-8529. Carrier deck is populated with F9F jets. USS Gyatt (DDG-1/DD-712) shown from starboard side with close up of missile launch. One sequence dated "November 5" shows transfer of missiles at sea filmed as part of “Project OAS418.” Location(s) Pacific Ocean. Camera crew Painter Producing entity United States Navy (Production unit) Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed some time during prior to December 1958 (month decommissioned). 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 400 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 13:02 Digital file type video/H264