USMC 103127: Helicopter tests at Quantico

Item Description
Title
USMC 103127: Helicopter tests at Quantico

Citation information
USMC 103127: Helicopter tests at Quantico. (Q-16-129; R-11-12; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/43

Marine Corps Library Number
1960-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-129; R-11-12; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103127

Decade
1950

Date
1950-03-10

Description
HO3S and HRP-1 helicopters are prepped for take off on flight deck of the USS MINDORO (CVE-120). HRP-1s ferry artillery pieces into a field (filmed in May). Inter cut with this sequence is film from the March wire laying tests.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Hainline; Passas

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on March 10th and May 28th 1950.

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
295

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
8:02

Digital file type
video/H264