USMC 110114: ""AV8A Grass Operations""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 110114: ""AV8A Grass Operations"" Citation information USMC 110114: ""AV8A Grass Operations"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3173/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 110114 Decade 1970 Date 1977-09 Description TAV8A tests. Marines prepare the landing site. Equipment is unloaded from CH53 helicopters. Marines install matting. TAV8A Harrier performs conventional and short take-offs, taxis, as well as lands on grass. TAV8A parks beneath camouflage netting and Marines install bombs. CMC Gen. Louis H. Wilson Jr. disembarks UH1N helicopter and observes Marines at work, TAV8A Harrier demonstrations, and engages Marines in conversation. Location(s) Camp Lejeune (N.C.) Genre Equipment tests Film date (note) Filmed from the 12th to the 16th of September, 1977 Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-14 Squadron VMA-542 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 555 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 04/21/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 16:05 Digital file type video/H264