USMC 100037: Planes and ships

Item Description
Title
USMC 100037: Planes and ships

Citation information
USMC 100037: Planes and ships. (R-1-1; ABP-16-37.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/2287

Marine Corps Library Number
3487-16

Additional identifiers
R-1-1; ABP-16-37

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100037

Decade
1950

Description
Unrelated sequences. First is USS Galveston (CLG-3) test firing its Talos missile system in late 1950s or early 1960s. Helicopter trials (Bell HSL-1 and Sikorsky HSS-1) off an unidentified carrier deck. Unidentified content then followed by aerial views of the USS Mount Olympus (ACG-8) steaming with USS Freemont (APA-44), the decks of which are filled with Marines or soldiers, and the USS Sicily (CVE-118) with F4-U Corsairs and one Sikorsky S-51/HO3S-1 on deck. The final sequence features F8-U Crusader and FJ-3 Fury taking off from the USS Ranger (CVA-61).

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States. Navy (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Film date (note)
Filmed at various times in the late 1950s and 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
350

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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

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
11:53

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video