USMC 104378: Airfield tests at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Item Description
Title
USMC 104378: Airfield tests at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Citation information
USMC 104378: Airfield tests at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton. (MCEB-16-27; R-6-9.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
67938

Marine Corps Library Number
2840-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-27; R-6-9

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104378

Decade
1950

Date
1957-3-11

Description
Tactical airfield support project 987. AD6 plane is shown landing several times in slow motion (64 frames) utilizing arresting gear at various speeds.

Location(s)
Edenton, N.C.; Naval Auxiliary Air Station

Camera crew
Magoun (SSgt); Robert L. White (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over multiple days 11-12th of March

Squadron
VMFA-211
VMFA-531


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Negative

Original physical length
400

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
10:56

Digital file type
video/H264