USMC 110850: ""The leading edge"" aviation training

Description: Item Description Title USMC 110850: ""The leading edge"" aviation training Citation information USMC 110850: ""The leading edge"": aviation training. (MH 8599.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3289/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers MH 8599 MIRC inventory no. USMC 110850 Decade 1950 Date 1958 Description This film tells the fictitious story of college students attending Marine Corps aviation training as members of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders, Aviation program. Officer candidates attend two six-week training sessions at MCS Quantico and Naval Air Station Pensacola. A narrator describes the program while the film shows enrollees receiving classroom, field and flight instruction. Location(s) Quantico (Va.); Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.) Camera crew Atlas Film Corporation Genre Informational Film date (note) Produced in 1958. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 680 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 07/07/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 19:19 Digital file type video/H264