USMC 100220: SATS airstrip, MCAS Quantico

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100220: SATS airstrip, MCAS Quantico Citation information USMC 100220: SATS airstrip, MCAS Quantico. (MH-9546A; R-1-27.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2434 Marine Corps Library Number 3592-16 Additional identifiers MH-9546A; R-1-27 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100220 Decade 1960 Date 1963-05-07 Description Opening sequence filmed from vantage of navigator seat on approach to unidentified runway in a desert setting. Followed by details of equipment. Second sequence shows ground views of SATS takeoff of A-4 at MCAS Quantico. (1 July 1963). Third sequence, dated 7 May 1963, provides an aerial view of the airfield at Quantico as well as detailed views of SATS gear and ordnance engineers. Additional scenes made at unidentified airstrip. Location(s) Quantico (Va.) Camera crew G. W. Branham; Knechtel; M. A. Smith Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed in May and July of 1963. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 375 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 13:28 Digital file type video/H264