USMC 102523: Base tour at Camp Pendleton

Item Description
Title
USMC 102523: Base tour at Camp Pendleton

Citation information
USMC 102523: Base tour at Camp Pendleton. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1648

Marine Corps Library Number
2194-16

Additional identifiers
HQ 16-258; R-1-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102523

Decade
1950

Description
Unidentified military VIP is taken on a tour of facilities at Camp Pendleton in 1953 or 1954. Scenes include MCAS El Toro with C-119 Flying Boxcar or R4Q take off and close up shots of Marine pilots of an F9F Panther squadron (tail marking "AV"). Sequence includes signage for squadron VMF-323. Sikorsky HRS-1s of squadron HMR-162 take off and land at MCAS Tustin. The visiting VIP inspects women Marines. They then visit the rifle range (116B at Las Pulgas) where the dignitary receives a lesson in Marine marksmanship. The group gathers at a KPIX audio deck.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.); MCAS El Toro (Calif); MCAS Tustin (Calif)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in the early 1950s.

Division
3rd Division


Squadron
VMF-323
HMR-162


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
400

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


Rights information
United States Marine Corps Films; 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
02/13/2018

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

Digital runtime
13:23

Digital file type
video/H264