USMC 103125: Helicopter tests at Quantico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103125: Helicopter tests at Quantico

Citation information
USMC 103125: Helicopter tests at Quantico. (Q-16-129; R-10-12.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/44

Marine Corps Library Number
1959-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-129; R-10-12

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103125

Decade
1950

Date
1950-03-10

Description
Six HRP-1 and HO3S helicopters during tests at Quantico. HO3Ss lay communication wire. Aboard a carrier (probably USS Mindoro, CVE-120), Marines prepare to board an HRP-1 followed by scenes of helicopters taking off and landing from the flight deck.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Passas

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on March 10, 1953.

Squadron
HMX-1


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
360

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
9/18/2020

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

Digital runtime
10:13

Digital file type
video/H264