USMC 104590: Pilot Training

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104590: Pilot Training Citation information USMC 104590: Pilot Training . (Q-16-410; R-50-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1399 Marine Corps Library Number 2974-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-410; R-50-50; MH8262 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104590 Decade 1950 Date 1955-12-12 Description Marines receive training training on aircraft at MCS, Quantico. The instructor uses a model of a F4U to demonstrate a point. A marine manages to control his laughter before filming further instruction by the trainer on navigation. A pilot sits in the cockpit of a SNJ5 training plane before taxiing. Instruction continues as one releases a balloon into the air and studies its path with aerology equipment as pilots-in-training observe. Location(s) MCS Quantico (VA); . Camera crew Jenkins (TSgt); Connolly Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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 04/20/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 8:50 Digital file type video/H264