USMC 105287: Various Aircraft Complete Arrested Landings

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105287: Various Aircraft Complete Arrested Landings Citation information USMC 105287: Various Aircraft Complete Arrested Landings. (Q-35-822; R-1-6; 57-0076.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2072 Marine Corps Library Number 3273-16 Additional identifiers Q-35-822; R-1-6; 57-0076 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105287 Decade 1960 Date 1961-02-06 Description A Marine pulls a fuel line behind him. F4D aircraft perform multiple touch-and-gos. Marines direct from the ground as Marines parachute from a CH34 helicopter. They land in an open field and repeat the exercise. An A4D completes an arrested landing on the runway. Marines operate the arresting gear cables and observe the aircraft activity. A C119 lands. A Marine communicates using radio equipment as an F8 makes a landing. An optical mirror aids flight activity. Location(s) Vieques, Puerto Rico Camera crew Durie Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed over multiple dates including the 8th, 17th, and 18th of February, 1961 Regiment 2nd Marines Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-31 Squadron VMF-114 VMF-533 VMR-252 VMCJ-2 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Negative 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 07/06/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 11:23 Digital file type video/H264