USMC 102523: Base tour at Camp Pendleton

Description: 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