USMC 100231: SATS airstrip, Quantico tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 100231: SATS airstrip, Quantico tests

Citation information
USMC 100231: SATS airstrip, Quantico tests. (MH-9546A; R-6-27.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2440

Marine Corps Library Number
3597-16

Additional identifiers
MH-9546A; R-6-27

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100231

Decade
1960

Date
1962-10-17

Description
Marines assemble SATS airfield at Quantico in October 1962. Temporary Quonset hut-style hangars (maintenance shelters) are assembled and two Douglas A-4 Skyhawks are positioned partially inside frames prior to covering.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Branam

Producing entity
East Coast Motion Picture Unit (ECMPU) (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
386

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
12:52

Digital file type
video/H264