USMC 100610: ""Identifying the SBD Dauntless by the WEFT System""

Item Description
Title
USMC 100610: ""Identifying the SBD Dauntless by the WEFT System""

Citation information
USMC 100610: ""Identifying the SBD Dauntless by the WEFT System"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2999/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100610

Decade
1940

Date
1942

Description
U.S. Navy training film produced for the Bureau of Aeronautics by Walt Disney Productions. The film provides instructions for identifying the Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft, which was used as a Naval scout plane and dive bomber. Instructions are based on the WEFT System: denoting Wings, Engine, Fuselage, and Tail, the method highlights the distinct design and shape characteristics of each for proper aircraft identification.

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
300

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
07/25/2018

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

Digital runtime
06:58

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II