USMC 100008: Test of unmanned drone

Item Description
Title
USMC 100008: Test of unmanned drone

Citation information
USMC 100008: Test of unmanned drone. (ABP-16-4; R-12-18.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2272

Marine Corps Library Number
3468-16

Additional identifiers
ABP-16-4; R-12-18

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100008

Decade
1950

Description
Unmanned aerial drone with jet-assisted take-off (JATO) tested. Drone model is probably a Teledyne Ryan AQM-34. Also includes shots of civilian and military VIPs at unidentified air station. This sequence is followed by a short sequence of film showing the loading of cargo in a harbor. American flag (48 states) indicates this last sequence was made prior to 1959.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed in the 1950s.

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
325

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
Unknown

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
09/03/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
09:22

Digital file type
video/H264