USMC 105545: ""SATS Preparation""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105545: ""SATS Preparation"" Citation information USMC 105545: ""SATS Preparation"". (HQ-16-760; R-1-1; 57-0649.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2244 Marine Corps Library Number 3445-16 Additional identifiers HQ-16-760; R-1-1; 57-0649 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105545 Decade 1960 Date 1961-10-18 Description Early stages of construction of a short airfield for tactical support (SATS). Marines operate dozers and dump trucks. Heavy machinery levels the earth. A surveyor looks through a theodolite and takes notes. Unidentified supervisors chat with a Marine in a dirt clearing. In a wooded area, excavators and other heavy machinery load dirt into dump trucks. Aerial views of the wooded area, airfields near the SATS construction site. Location(s) MCAS Quantico (VA) Camera crew Wright 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 07/15/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 8:23 Digital file type video/H264