USMC 100042: Misc. jets fly and Marines during World War II

Item Description
Title
USMC 100042: Misc. jets fly and Marines during World War II

Citation information
USMC 100042: Misc. jets fly and Marines during World War II. (3489, ABP-16-39, R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2289

Marine Corps Library Number
3489-16

Additional identifiers
3489, ABP-16-39, R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100042

Decade
1940

Description
Reel with multiple subjects. First subject is a series of trims from aviation films showing early jet aircraft. Second subject dates to World War II and shows Marines in the South Pacific assembling a Marston mat runway. During breaks they eat chow and read mail.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Unknown

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed at various times in the 1940s, 1950s, and 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
492

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
11/02/2017

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

Digital runtime
13:41

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II