USMC 108713: ""AV8A Grass Operations, VMA-542""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 108713: ""AV8A Grass Operations, VMA-542"" Citation information USMC 108713: ""AV8A Grass Operations, VMA-542"". (FA-16-7-78; R-2-2; 6-2143.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/3547 Marine Corps Library Number 8691-16 Additional identifiers FA-16-7-78; R-2-2; 6-2143 MIRC inventory no. USMC 108713 Decade 1970 Date 1977-09-12 Description AV8A Harrier in flight and executes vertical landing on matting in a field. Ground crew pushes AV8A underneath camouflaged netting. Ordnance personnel place a 250lb bomb on a rack of Av8A. AV8A taxis through field. UH1N helicopter descends into a field and CMC Gen. Louis H. Wilson disembarks. Gen. Wilson shakes USMC officers' hands, engages in conversation, inspects Marines as they stand at attention. Gen. Wilson reenters UH1N, UH1N takes off. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed 12th-16th of September, 1977 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 245 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 01/26/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 7:03 Digital file type video/H264