USMC 100750: ""Flight Time""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100750: ""Flight Time"" Citation information USMC 100750: ""Flight Time"". (Navy - 127631 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3858/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers Navy - 127631 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100750 Decade 1970 Description Marine aviators, many African Americans, discuss their experience and satisfaction flying for Marine Corps. LtCol Frank Petersen, the first African-American Marine Aviator, specifically describes his career and the opportunities for minorities in the Marines. Scenes include Marines giving testimonials and various aircraft flying, including CH-46 Sea Knights, CH-53 Sea Stallions, AH-1 Cobras, F-4 Phantoms, and a C-130 Hercules. Location(s) Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (N.C.) Camera crew Blackside Film Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Public relations Film date (note) Filmed between 1969 and 1974. Squadron VMA-214 HMH-363 VMGR-252 HMA-269 HMM-261 VMFAT-201 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 390 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 09/27/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:36 Digital file type video/H264