USMC 103950: 'Skyknight' production outtakes

Item Description
Title
USMC 103950: 'Skyknight' production outtakes

Citation information
USMC 103950: 'Skyknight' production outtakes. (MH-16-8128; R-3-9.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1252

Marine Corps Library Number
2541-16

Additional identifiers
MH-16-8128; R-3-9

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103950

Decade
1950

Date
1954-09

Description
'Skyknight' production outtakes at Roosevelt Roads in September 1954. Footage of a waterfall, landscape, civilians at the beach, a radar tower, and weather instruments. Pilots prepare to take off in a F3D. Film includes archival footage of an aerial assault on a coastal city and a dogfight, likely from the Korean War. Content related to USMC 103946. Film slated as being made for production MH-8128.

Location(s)
Roosevelt Roads (P.R.)

Camera crew
C. P. Steele; Strathman

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in September 1954.

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
393

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
5/20/2021

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

Digital runtime
10:55

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War