USMC 102616: HMR-161 HRS-1s in Korea

Item Description
Title
USMC 102616: HMR-161 HRS-1s in Korea

Citation information
USMC 102616: HMR-161 HRS-1s in Korea. (1MAW-16-528; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1560

Marine Corps Library Number
1536-16

Additional identifiers
1MAW-16-528; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102616

Decade
1950

Description
View of HRS-1 of HMR-161 as it approaches and lands at an unidentified airstrip in Korea. Marines in combat gear board helicopters. Cockpit view of the flight from airstrip to a landing zone where Marines debark and the helicopters take off. More Marines are shuttled about in this manner. In the final sequence, MajGen C. G. Thomas waits with staff in the assembly area.

Location(s)
Korea

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

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

Air Wing
MAW-1


Squadron
HMR-161


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
580

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
11/13/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:42

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War