USMC 104267: Mark 5 arresting gear

Item Description
Title
USMC 104267: Mark 5 arresting gear

Citation information
USMC 104267: Mark 5 arresting gear . (MCEB-16-6; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1501

Marine Corps Library Number
2760-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-6; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104267

Decade
1950

Date
1956-01-25

Description
Loading Mark 5 aircraft arresting gear onto C-124 plane. Film also includes a sequence shot on 13 December 1956 at Quantico's E-4 Range, which shows an F4U dropping a canister by parachute.

Location(s)
Edenton (N.C.); Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Parling, C. F. (TSgt); White (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on January 25, 1956. (Edenton) and December 13, 1955 (Quantico)

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
300

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
04/19/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
8:02

Digital file type
video/H264