USMC 104419: Air field, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Item Description
Title
USMC 104419: Air field, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Citation information
USMC 104419: Air field, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton. (MCEB-16-27; R-3-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1798

Marine Corps Library Number
2862-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-27; R-3-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104419

Decade
1950

Date
1957-3-12

Description
Project T-987, Marine Corps Equipment Board. FJ3 Furies and F3D planes land to test arresting gear MK-5 while being filmed at slow camera speed on a tactical support airfield.

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

Camera crew
Robert L. White (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed on March 12 and March 14, 1957.

Squadron
VMF-122
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
11:08

Digital file type
video/H264