USMC 100571: AC-47 aircraft fires Gatling Gun

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100571: AC-47 aircraft fires Gatling Gun Citation information USMC 100571: AC-47 aircraft fires Gatling Gun. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/2891/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100571 Decade 1960 Description Shaky aerial footage depicts a small island and waters filled with ships, in an unknown location in Vietnam. A plume of pink smoke in a wooded area is also seen from above. Air crews consult a map, speak via radio and load a Minigun in an SUU-11/A pod aboard a AC-47 "Spooky" aircraft, then fire into dark waters. Location(s) Vietnam Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed in the 1960s. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 100 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 07/09/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 3:29 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War