USMC 103606: General Cates and Reserve Air Training at Cherry Point

Description: Item Description Title USMC 103606: General Cates and Reserve Air Training at Cherry Point Citation information USMC 103606: General Cates and Reserve Air Training at Cherry Point. (CP-16-1; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 16/89 Marine Corps Library Number 2214-16 Additional identifiers CP-16-1; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 103606 Decade 1950 Date 1953-08-24 Description Officers, including General Clifton Cates, disembark a plane and board a plane. A staff car with a flag denoting a General drives down the runway. Reserve Air Training at Cherry Point on August 24-25, 1953. Marines maneuver M4 tanks while F4Us fly overhead. Men load ammunition onto F4Us. F4Us prepare for takeoff. Content possibly related to USMC 103610. Location(s) Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (N.C.) Camera crew P.A. Berger Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) First part of film shot between January 1, 1948 and December 31, 1951. This was the time when Cates served as Commandant of the Marine Corps. Second part filmed on August 24-25, 1953. Squadron NAS Columbus NAS Willow Grove NAS New York NAS Squantum Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 306 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 1/13/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 8:30 Digital file type video/H264