USMC 100655: Introducing the forward air controller radar beacon

Item Description
Title
USMC 100655: Introducing the forward air controller radar beacon

Citation information
USMC 100655: Introducing the forward air controller radar beacon. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3102/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100655

Decade
1960

Date
1968

Description
Film documenting the range and functionality of the Forward Air Controller Radar ""Beacon"" in the field, potentially in Vietnam around 1968. Here two Marines are seen operating the battery-powered ""Beacon,"" including shots of the radar screen, and communicating their findings via radio with an aircraft. The aircraft, potentially a A-6 Intruder, receives the location of the target from the marines on-ground with the FAC radar beacon and completes a bombing run.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

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
08/06/2018

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

Digital runtime
3:19

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War