USMC 109269: ""America's Newsreel Album""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 109269: ""America's Newsreel Album"" Citation information USMC 109269: ""America's Newsreel Album"". (#13; c.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/2851/1 Marine Corps Library Number BY Additional identifiers #13; c.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 109269 Decade 1950 Description Dennis James hosts America's Newsreel Album. Included are films about the Third Avenue Line, the ""El"", in 1895 New York and then again from 1955. The next highlight covers a Marine Corps amphibious operations, a vertical assault with an HRS1 helicopter. The third film showcases experimental rockets. Dennis James conducts an interview with Willy Ley. Dennis James discusses American competitors in the decathlon. Footage shows Robert Bruce Mathias, Robert Eugene Richards, Milton ""Milt"" Gray Campbell, and Rafer Lewis Johnson. Finally, the film highlights aviation in the US Marine Corps. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew James, Dennis Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Informational Air Wing MAW-1 Air Group MAG-36 Squadron VMM-262 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 520 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 03/21/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 14:59 Digital file type video/H264