USMC 100661: Bell Helicopter ""cable cut"" equipment tests

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100661: Bell Helicopter ""cable cut"" equipment tests Citation information USMC 100661: Bell Helicopter ""cable cut"" equipment tests. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3108/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100661 Decade 1970 Description Equipment technicians in civilian dress test the strength of a Bell Helicopter-manufactured helicopter blade through multiple tests, where layers of thick metal cable are pulled sharply towards the helicopter blade. Up-close footage captures the blade's ability to cut the cables in each test. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Bell Helicopters Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Equipment tests Film date (note) Most likely filmed in the 1970s. 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 320 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 08/13/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:15 Digital file type video/H264