USMC 105403: Ships and aircraft

Item Description
Title
USMC 105403: Ships and aircraft

Citation information
USMC 105403: Ships and aircraft. (AWPS-42; R-1-1; 57-0114.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2156

Marine Corps Library Number
3341-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-42; R-1-1; 57-0114

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105403

Decade
1960

Date
1961-02-26

Description
Compilation reel of various subjects. Closeups of a pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft. Aerial view of A4Ds flying in formation. Marines, with the aid of a forklift operator, offload crates from USS Thuban (AKA-19) onto a landing craft. A high-line cable system transports crates from a ship to the nearby beach. Armed Marines board helicopters. A helicopter pilot signals to offscreen control team below. On land, shots of vehicles, field communications via radio, helicopter landings. Aerial views of A4 bombing runs. Amphibious landing procedures.

Location(s)
Vieques (P.R.)

Camera crew
Durie; Highland; Pauling, C.F.; Brown, J.S.; Marth Jr., R.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Regiment
2nd Marines


Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MAG-31


Squadron
VMF-332
HMR-264
HMR-461


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
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
07/09/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:17

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video