USMC 104525: Fury Pilots in the Ready Room

Item Description
Title
USMC 104525: Fury Pilots in the Ready Room

Citation information
USMC 104525: Fury Pilots in the Ready Room. (Q-16-410; R-10-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/814

Marine Corps Library Number
2934-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-410; R-10-50; MH8262

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104525

Decade
1950

Date
1955-10-27

Description
Pilots smoke in the ready room before grabbing their helmets and exiting. Gunnery Sergeant works on the radio while an officer assists. FJ2s fly in formation for a ""Scramble Flight Line"". Pilots jog to their FJ2s and strap in. Capt. M.J. Barnard climbs into his FJ2 cockpit and slides the canopy closed before preparing for takeoff. A pilot jumps into a jeep. Capt. Barnard receives a kiss from a young woman before she pins his wings to his lapel. A marine gives a briefing.

Location(s)
Cherry Point

Camera crew
Fellows, J. B. (TSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed over several dates, including October 25, 1955 and October 27, 1955.

Regiment
3rd Marines


Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-13


Squadron
VMF-122


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
350

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
9:57

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video