USMC 104994: Oak Island Lighthouse Completion

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104994: Oak Island Lighthouse Completion Citation information USMC 104994: Oak Island Lighthouse Completion. (HQ-16-494; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/1939 Marine Corps Library Number 3095-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-494; R-2-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104994 Decade 1950 Date 1958 Description Civilians inspect the nose of the HR2S. Members of the US Coast Guard and USMC pose for a picture. An HR2S helicopter demonstrates its airlift capacity by lifting and lowering the top of a lighthouse tower, completing the Oak Island Lighthouse construction. Members of the USMC and US Coast Guard observe. Following landing, the pilot of the HR2S shakes hands with ranking USMC and USCG officers. Location(s) Oak Island, (NC) Camera crew C. Levine Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Division 2nd Division Squadron HMR(M)-461 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Negative 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 06/20/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 7:32 Digital file type video/H264