USMC 100026: Introducing the F4H Navy fighter

Item Description
Title
USMC 100026: Introducing the F4H Navy fighter

Citation information
USMC 100026: Introducing the F4H Navy fighter. (APB-16-31; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2281

Marine Corps Library Number
3481-16

Additional identifiers
APB-16-31; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100026

Decade
1950

Description
Contains three distinct items. First contains scenes of jets test firing missiles probably from the late 1950s. Second sequence is a promotional film from the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, "the F4H Navy Fighter." The third sequence is a collection of clips, the first being Navy frogmen (one of whom is African American).

Location(s)
Lambert Field, St. Louis (Mo.)

Producing entity
McDonnell Douglas Corporation (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed in the late 1950s or even very early 1960s.

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
400

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
Content may be protected by copyright.

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
11:42

Digital file type
video/H264