USMC 100571: AC-47 aircraft fires Gatling Gun

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