USMC 108860: AV8 Harrier Activity

Item Description
Title
USMC 108860: AV8 Harrier Activity

Citation information
USMC 108860: AV8 Harrier Activity. (012-16-73-78; R-4-13; 10-1784.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3639

Marine Corps Library Number
8782-16

Additional identifiers
012-16-73-78; R-4-13; 10-1784

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108860

Decade
1970

Date
1978-10-24

Description
AV8 planes execute vertical landing on and short take off from the flight deck of the USS Guam (LPH-9). Two pilots, one in the cockpit of an AV8A, engage in conversation. At MCAS Cherry Point, USMC pilots sit in the cockpits of AV8s, AV8s sit parked.

Location(s)
Cherry Point (NC)

Camera crew
Herring; Maloney

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed both on the 24th and 25th of October, 1978

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MAG-14


Squadron
VMA-231
VMAT-203


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
02/07/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:17

Digital file type
video/H264