USMC 104584: Furys at Guantánamo Bay

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104584: Furys at Guantánamo Bay Citation information USMC 104584: Furys at Guantánamo Bay. (Q-16-410; R-44-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1367 Marine Corps Library Number 2968-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-410; R-44-50; MH8262 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104584 Decade 1950 Date 1954-11-05 Description Marine ground crews perform a routine check and refuel an FJ2. Pilots gather around the desk in the operations room in a shack to receive orders of the day. A pilot sits in the cockpit of an FJ2 preparing his checklist for flight before donning his helmet and strapping in and securing his mask. The top closes. Aircraft mechanics remove the tail from an FJ2 in order to perform maintenance. Location(s) Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) Camera crew Jenkins (TSgt); Westmoreland (Lt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 372 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 10:27 Digital file type video/H264