USMC 104305: Sky Hook Air Rescue Tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 104305: Sky Hook Air Rescue Tests

Citation information
USMC 104305: Sky Hook Air Rescue Tests . (MCEB-16-26; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/495

Marine Corps Library Number
2799-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-26; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104305

Decade
1950

Date
1956-11-27

Description
Air rescue tests, dummy picked up by P2V plane. Attached to the dummy is a red smoke flare. One test fails and crashes back to the ground after rising approximately 50ft. Marines drag 55 gallon drum across the ground to attach it to a sky hook. Marine removes the contents and attaches a flare. Following the dummy is a pickup test with a live pig.

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

Camera crew
A. J. Delle Rose (Sgt); E. J. Floyd (Cpl); Magoun, J.L (SSGT)

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
175

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
6:11

Digital file type
video/H264