USMC 100431: "When Seconds Count"
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Item Description
Title
USMC 100431: "When Seconds Count"
Citation information
USMC 100431: "When Seconds Count" . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
BY
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
AA3000 to AA4192
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100431
Decade
1980
Date
1980
Description
A film produced by the Astronautics division of American aerospace manufacturing corporation McDonnell Douglas dramatizing a threat advisory and response by a U.S. Navy destroyer squadron. Sailors, commanded by a naval officer, map and lock an enemy ship target. Harpoon missiles are fired from destroyers and aircraft. Includes shots from multiple angles of missiles destroying the enemy ship. Shot in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, the film features locations such as the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu and the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian Area. Features the destroyers USS Badger (DE-1071), USS Brewton (DE-1086), and USS Mitscher (DDG-35).
Location(s)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Honolulu (Hawaii); Pacific Ocean.
Producing entity
McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Production unit)
Genre
Public relations
Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Original color
Color
Original audio
Silent
Original gauge
Film: 16mm
Original generation
Postive
Original physical length
480
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
Content may be protected by copyright.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
05/15/2018
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
15:51
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 100431: "When Seconds Count"
Citation information
USMC 100431: "When Seconds Count" . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
BY
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
AA3000 to AA4192
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100431
Decade
1980
Date
1980
Description
A film produced by the Astronautics division of American aerospace manufacturing corporation McDonnell Douglas dramatizing a threat advisory and response by a U.S. Navy destroyer squadron. Sailors, commanded by a naval officer, map and lock an enemy ship target. Harpoon missiles are fired from destroyers and aircraft. Includes shots from multiple angles of missiles destroying the enemy ship. Shot in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, the film features locations such as the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu and the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian Area. Features the destroyers USS Badger (DE-1071), USS Brewton (DE-1086), and USS Mitscher (DDG-35).
Location(s)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Honolulu (Hawaii); Pacific Ocean.
Producing entity
McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Production unit)
Genre
Public relations
Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Original color
Color
Original audio
Silent
Original gauge
Film: 16mm
Original generation
Postive
Original physical length
480
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
Content may be protected by copyright.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
05/15/2018
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
15:51
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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