USMC 100592: PBY Catalina aircraft identification training

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100592: PBY Catalina aircraft identification training Citation information USMC 100592: PBY Catalina aircraft identification training . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/2956/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers MH-40D-A.H MIRC inventory no. USMC 100592 Decade 1940 Date 1942 Description This U.S. Navy training film, produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1942 for the Technical Supervision Fleet Aircraft Tactical Unit, shows how to identify the "PBY" consolidated Catalina long-range bombing plane. Highlighting the distinctive single "parasol wing" connected to the fuselage by a central tower, the two-stepped underside, the two radial engines set high above the fuselage and the retractable floats at its wing-tips, the footage and narration illustrate quick ways to identify the plane from multiple angles. Location(s) Unknown Producing entity Walt Disney Productions (Production unit) Genre Training Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 290 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 07/17/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 8:07 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II