USMC 111021: ""Land based helicopter operations: Precautions""

Item Description
Title
USMC 111021: ""Land based helicopter operations: Precautions""

Citation information
USMC 111021: ""Land based helicopter operations: Precautions"". (MN-7411b.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3365

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MN-7411b

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111021

Decade
1950

Date
1953

Description
This United States Navy Training Film teaches basic helicopter operations and precautions for transport and combat squadrons, focusing on weight distribution and capacity, map reading, and how wind impacts landings. Featured aircraft: Sikorsky HRS2s of HMR-262 and HO5S1 of VMO-1.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Princeton Film Center, Inc.

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Produced in 1953.

Air Wing
MAW-1


Air Group
MAG-36


Squadron
HMR-262
VMO-1


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
390

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
07/18/2023

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

Digital runtime
11:24

Digital file type
video/H264