USMC 104295: Air rescue equipment experiment

Item Description
Title
USMC 104295: Air rescue equipment experiment

Citation information
USMC 104295: Air rescue equipment experiment. (MCEB-16-26; R-1-1; R-6-6?.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
33604

Marine Corps Library Number
2791-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-26; R-1-1; R-6-6?

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104295

Decade
1950

Date
1956-11-11

Description
Air rescue drills are tested on a balloon with weights attached. A HOK helicopter lifts off. Marines prepare a weather balloon. A P2V plane is recorded passing overhead at different rates of speed. Containers are released from a P2V.

Location(s)
Kopp Cemetary; Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Delle Rose, A. J. (Sgt); Floyd, F. J. (Cpl)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

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
04/17/2022

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

Digital runtime
6:47

Digital file type
video/H264