USMC 105571: ""SATS test""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105571: ""SATS test"" Citation information USMC 105571: ""SATS test"". (MH-9546A; R-21-27; 57-0499.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2459 Marine Corps Library Number 3612-16 Additional identifiers MH-9546A; R-21-27; 57-0499 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105571 Decade 1960 Date 1962-10-31 Description Short airfield construction and tests. Marines lay pipes, drive dozers, drive steamrollers. A Marine enters a small communications unit. Aerial view of the airstrip. Marines assemble matting. A marine installs weather monitoring equipment on the communications unit. Takeoff and landing tests with an F4D and an A4. Close-ups of an F8U and an airstrip signal man preparing for takeoff. Close-ups of communications equipment and Marines speaking into radio headsets. Arresting gear tests. Location(s) Twentynine Palms (Calif.); Camp Pendleton (Calif.) Camera crew Christenson (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on separate days including the 2nd, 6th-9th of November, 1962. Also filmed on the 8th of February, 1963. Regiment 1st Marines 3rd Marines Air Wing MAW-3 MAW-1 Air Group MAG-11 MAG-12 Squadron VMFAT-502 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 07/19/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:49 Digital file type video/H264