USMC 103966: Air delivery at New River
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Item Description
Title
USMC 103966: Air delivery at New River
Citation information
USMC 103966: Air delivery at New River. (2D-16-208; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1558
Marine Corps Library Number
2550-16
Additional identifiers
2D-16-208; R-1-2
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103966
Decade
1950
Description
Air delivery at New River, likely filmed in the late 1940s to early 1950s. Marines use a crane to unload a 105 mm howitzer from a truck. A Marine directs traffic. An officer inspects a weapons carrier as Marines use a crane to load it and a 105 mm howitzer onto trucks. A truck carrying a weapons carrier and a truck carrying a 105 mm howitzer line the runway. A R4Q of VMR-252 sits on the runway. A maintenance crew secures rockets and bombs to SBDs of VMF-225. Pilots sit in the cockpit of SBDs. R4Qs and SBDs take off. Marines parachute supplies out of a R4Q. Signs read, "2nd Air Delivery Plat." and "MCAF New River Elevation 24 Feet." Marines known to be in the film: Bauer, SBD pilot. Content related to USMC 103969.
Location(s)
New River (N.C.)
Camera crew
R. S. Neal
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Likely filmed in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
Division
2nd Division
Air Wing
1st MAW
3rd MAW
Air Group
MAG-25
MAG-13
Squadron
VMR-252
VMF-225
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
379
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
5/26/2021
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
10:33
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 103966: Air delivery at New River
Citation information
USMC 103966: Air delivery at New River. (2D-16-208; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1558
Marine Corps Library Number
2550-16
Additional identifiers
2D-16-208; R-1-2
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103966
Decade
1950
Description
Air delivery at New River, likely filmed in the late 1940s to early 1950s. Marines use a crane to unload a 105 mm howitzer from a truck. A Marine directs traffic. An officer inspects a weapons carrier as Marines use a crane to load it and a 105 mm howitzer onto trucks. A truck carrying a weapons carrier and a truck carrying a 105 mm howitzer line the runway. A R4Q of VMR-252 sits on the runway. A maintenance crew secures rockets and bombs to SBDs of VMF-225. Pilots sit in the cockpit of SBDs. R4Qs and SBDs take off. Marines parachute supplies out of a R4Q. Signs read, "2nd Air Delivery Plat." and "MCAF New River Elevation 24 Feet." Marines known to be in the film: Bauer, SBD pilot. Content related to USMC 103969.
Location(s)
New River (N.C.)
Camera crew
R. S. Neal
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Likely filmed in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
Division
2nd Division
Air Wing
1st MAW
3rd MAW
Air Group
MAG-25
MAG-13
Squadron
VMR-252
VMF-225
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
379
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
5/26/2021
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
10:33
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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