USMC 105114: ""Materials Handling Equipment Demo""

Item Description
Title
USMC 105114: ""Materials Handling Equipment Demo""

Citation information
USMC 105114: ""Materials Handling Equipment Demo"". (Q-16-664.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/890

Marine Corps Library Number
3167-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-664

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105114

Decade
1950

Date
1959-03-05

Description
An HRS1 helicopter airlifts cargo and equipment. A Marine hooks cargo to a hovering HRS1 before it lifts off. A single Marine pilots an XRON1 helicopter. An aircraft does a parachute drop of canisters onto the field. A jeep drags away equipment dropped off by an HRS1. The HRS1 helicopter delivers several mech mules.

Location(s)
Buffalo Area; MCAS Quantico (VA)

Camera crew
Thompson, R.W. (SSgt)

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
400

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
06/24/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:12

Digital file type
video/H264