USMC 104863: Helicopter landing operations

Item Description
Title
USMC 104863: Helicopter landing operations

Citation information
USMC 104863: Helicopter landing operations. (Q-16-592; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/388

Marine Corps Library Number
3014-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-592; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104863

Decade
1950

Date
1957-07-22

Description
Marines sit in a OH43D/HOK helicopter armed with M1 rifles. The HOK takes off and lands in a field, dropping armed Marines. Aerial footage of Quantico Base is seen. The HOK is directed to land. Marines remount and the HOK takes off.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
C. Pauling (TSgt)

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
300

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
06/10/2022

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

Digital runtime
6:41

Digital file type
video/H264