USMC 100233: SATS airstrip, 29 Palms

Item Description
Title
USMC 100233: SATS airstrip, 29 Palms

Citation information
USMC 100233: SATS airstrip, 29 Palms. (MH-9546A; R-7-27.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2441

Marine Corps Library Number
3598-16

Additional identifiers
MH-9546A; R-7-27

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100233

Decade
1960

Description
Marine engineers carve the main airstrip for 29 Palms SATS installation out of the desert sand. Aerial views show no permanent facilities of any type yet built. This is followed by scenes of construction at MCAS Quantico.

Location(s)
29 Palms (Calif.); San Bernardino (Calif.); Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Hainline; Connolly

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed sometime in the 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
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
13:26

Digital file type
video/H264