USMC 104519: Fury, landings and takeoffs on USS Coral Sea

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104519: Fury, landings and takeoffs on USS Coral Sea Citation information USMC 104519: Fury, landings and takeoffs on USS Coral Sea. (Q-16-410;.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/2012 Marine Corps Library Number 2931-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-410; MIRC inventory no. USMC 104519 Decade 1950 Date 1955-02-16 Description FLight operation aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) with FJ2 Furies. Catapult officer gives the ""OK"" for FJ2 Fury to take off. Flight crew does inspection and maintenance on Fury. Takeoffs continue. A HUP helicopter takes off. Pre-flight inspection is performed on FJ2 jets preceding take off by flight crew. A pilot sits in his cockpit, readying himself for flight. Flight crew duck and watch takeoff from a safe distance. Capt. D.F. Durnford pilots a FJ2 Fury and prepares for flight. After direction from the aircraft handling officer, the FJ2 launches. Capt. Durnford lands and the flight deck crew rehooks the jet to the catapult. Pilot 1st Lt. P.K. Nielson readies for takeoff while catapult officer observes. He gives the signal, 1st Lt. Nielson salutes, and the FJ2 jet is launched. Another FJ2 returns to the hangar. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew H. Young; Strathman Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Squadron VMF-122 HU-2 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 310 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 04/19/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:47 Digital file type video/H264