USMC 106276: ""Military Appreciation Day""

Item Description
Title
USMC 106276: ""Military Appreciation Day""

Citation information
USMC 106276: ""Military Appreciation Day"". (LAY-16-4-70; R-1-2; 6-1781.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2573

Marine Corps Library Number
6756-16

Additional identifiers
LAY-16-4-70; R-1-2; 6-1781

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 106276

Decade
1970

Date
1970-03-07

Description
For Military Appreciation Day, Marines land a CH46A to demonstrate medivacuation before a civilian audience. Aircraft including UH1E, Skyhawk, OV10, KC130F sit idle as children and other civilians observe. The US Navy's F4 Blue Angels take off and give an air show. The USMC band plays and the US flag is retired.

Location(s)
MCAS Yuma (Ariz.)

Camera crew
Rivera, H.R. (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Regiment
1st Marines


Air Wing
MAW-1


Air Group
MAG-36


Squadron
VMAT-102
HMM-265


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
380

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
08/26/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:48

Digital file type
video/H264