USMC 100589: Apollo Command Module construction and B-52 Bombers

Item Description
Title
USMC 100589: Apollo Command Module construction and B-52 Bombers

Citation information
USMC 100589: Apollo Command Module construction and B-52 Bombers. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2982/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100589

Decade
1960

Description
Various silent footage segments. The first segment shows the front steps of the Art Institute of Chicago. The following segments show the manufacture of an Apollo Command Module and the launch preparation of a Saturn V rocket at North American Rockwell's Space Division in Seal Beach, California, as well as recovery of a command module in the ocean. The final section shows B-52 Bombers taking off and in flight.

Location(s)
Seal Beach (Calif.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1967 and 1972.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
200

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
07/17/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
05:58

Digital file type
video/H264