USMC 104454: El Toro Marine Reserves

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104454: El Toro Marine Reserves Citation information USMC 104454: El Toro Marine Reserves. (P-16-305; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/2287 Marine Corps Library Number 2884-16 Additional identifiers P-16-305; R-1-1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104454 Decade 1950 Description Marines exit R6V plane on a run way. Cargo is unloaded and Marines enter a bus. A pageant winner, Miss Marine Corps Air Reserve, greets newly arrived marines on the tarmac with a bouquet of flowers. R6V and F9F jets roll past the camera. Pilots sit in a meeting. Pilots exit the building before climbing into the cockpit of their jets and being directed onto the tarmac. One pilot exits his jet for refueling. Ground crews perform maintenance and repair a jet. A jet trainer is used during a lesson to a reserve Lt. AD-5 Skyraider prepares for takeoff. Pilots enter the cockpits of their aircraft. Pilots fly in formation. Roll call is taken in front of an R6V before Marines board and it takes off. Location(s) MCAS El Toro (Calif.) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Estimated to be filmed in the mid to late 1950s. Division 1st Division Air Wing MAW-1 Air Group MAG-25 Squadron MARS-37 VMR-152 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 200 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 6:48 Digital file type video/H264