USMC 103156: Helicopters on the USS Siboney

Item Description
Title
USMC 103156: Helicopters on the USS Siboney

Citation information
USMC 103156: Helicopters on the USS Siboney. (Q-16-191; R-1-1; v.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/406

Marine Corps Library Number
1978-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-191; R-1-1; v.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103156

Decade
1950

Date
1951-04-23

Description
Vertical envelopment maneuvers off Norfolk, Virginia. HRP-1s and HRP-2s prepare to lift off from the deck of the USS SIBONEY (CVE-112) with the destroyer USS O'HARE (DD-889) alongside. A Bell HTL-2 is made ready. Helicopters fly in formation over the carrier and then land.

Location(s)
Norfolk (Va.)

Camera crew
Bethard

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 23, 1951.

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
375

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
09/22/2020

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

Digital runtime
10:01

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War