USMC 104450: F9F Air wing footage

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104450: F9F Air wing footage Citation information USMC 104450: F9F Air wing footage. (Q-16-571; R-5-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/2292 Marine Corps Library Number 2882-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-571; R-5-6 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104450 Decade 1950 Date 1951 Description Aerial footage of F9F jets flying in formation. Landed, the jets roll down the runway. Further F9F jets are filmed in the air. Maintenance is performed on a jet engine. An engineer demonstrates how to take service air or oil filters from the F9F followed by additional maintenance scenes. F9F fighter jets take off. Marines correct damage to the airstrip. [Possible change in location and date.] Panorama of destroyed North Korean aircraft in the snow followed by F4U Corsairs park in a non-dispersed fashion. L19 taxis on the tarmac. HO3S helicopters and F9Fs line the runway. A C54 plane is relieved of cargo. A C47 takes off a rudimentary runway. Location(s) Inchon (Korea) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Possibly filmed in two different times: winter of 1950 and later in 1951. Squadron VMFA-212 VMO-6 VMF-311 USS�Midway�(CV-41) Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 280 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 Digital runtime 10:01 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Korean War