USMC 104642: ""The U. S. Marine Corps in Vietnam, 'Aircraft Operations'""Aircraft Operations in Vietnam

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104642: ""The U. S. Marine Corps in Vietnam, 'Aircraft Operations'""Aircraft Operations in Vietnam Citation information USMC 104642: ""The U. S. Marine Corps in Vietnam, 'Aircraft Operations'""Aircraft Operations in Vietnam. (00207.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 05/1057 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 00207 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104642 Decade 1960 Description Aircraft operations in are filmed at Da Nang, air field. Two F4s refuel in midair with KC130. F4 lands on airstrip. Shot of airfield with several parked F4s. Pilots depart from their planes. Shot of F4s parked in airfield. Mechanics attach rockets to F4, refuel, perform maintenance on it. Marines gear up outside of KC130F. Marines jump and parachute out of the airborne KC130. A tiger pelt sits in the cockpit of an F4. Four marines sit in a dimly lit room near a map on a wall. Close-up shots of three of the marines. The marines exit the small building, run onto airfield with other marines. Pilots climb into their F4s. One pilot puts on his helmet and taxis on the airfield. Location(s) Da Nang Airbase (Vietnam) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Squadron VMFA-531 VMFA-115 VMR-253 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 180 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 04/28/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 4:08 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War