USMC 104578: Furys prepare for takeoff

Item Description
Title
USMC 104578: Furys prepare for takeoff

Citation information
USMC 104578: Furys prepare for takeoff. (Q-16-410; R-41-50.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/735

Marine Corps Library Number
2965-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-410; R-41-50

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104578

Decade
1950

Date
1955-02-15

Description
Aboard the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43), the cameraman films from his place on an elevator as he rises to the flight deck to see lines of parked FJ2s before lowering back down to the hangar and then returning. HUP1 helicopter is seen on deck with FJ2s in the background. Flight deck crew and pilots move around between jets. Pilots prepare for flight, strapping into the cockpit. HUP1 hovers and touches down. FJ2 is attached to catapult and launched after signals from flight deck crew and catapult officer gives ""okay."" Multiple FJ2s are launched from different angles.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Strathman (TSgt); Steele (Cpt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Regiment
3rd Marines


Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-13


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
314

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
04/20/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
8:40

Digital file type
video/H264