USMC 100655: Introducing the forward air controller radar beacon

Description: 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