USMC 105563: Airstrip and carrier ops

Item Description
Title
USMC 105563: Airstrip and carrier ops

Citation information
USMC 105563: Airstrip. (MH-9546A; R-17-27; 57-0491.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2454

Marine Corps Library Number
3608-16

Additional identifiers
MH-9546A; R-17-27; 57-0491

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105563

Decade
1940

Date
1945-07-27

Description
Compilation reel of different subjects. Scenery of Awase airstrip. Japanese civilians move dirt with shovels. F4Us and a C47 land and take off. The second film takes place in the late 1950s. F8 aircraft take off from USS Saratoga (CVA-60). F4D, A4D, and C1 aircraft take off and land on the USS Ranger (CVA-61). Communications room activity. A Marine speaks into a radio phone, Marines take notes, speak into radio microphones.

Location(s)
Awase Airfield (Japan); Okinawa

Camera crew
Oertel, John T.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Second film was taken sometime in the late 1950s.

Regiment
1st Marines


Air Wing
MAW-1


Air Group
MAG-12


Squadron
CVW-14
VR-21
VMFA-121


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
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
10:25

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II WWII