USMC 100188: USS Canberra at sea

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100188: USS Canberra at sea Citation information USMC 100188: USS Canberra at sea. (MCS-62-64; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2408 Marine Corps Library Number 3568-16 Additional identifiers MCS-62-64; R-2-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100188 Decade 1960 Date 1961-2-28 Description Multiple items combined on reel including a number of fragments at the beginning. First extended sequence shows a picket line of small U. S. Navy vessels of the same type (possibly patrol craft). Second item, dated Feb. 28, 1961, shows the USS Canberra (CAG-2) firing a terrier missile at a KDB-1 drone. Third item, dated April 27, 1958, depict gunnery practice as part of a project (or operation) “Ocean link.” Location(s) Pacific Ocean. Camera crew B. L. Bennett; Kircher; Cady Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed in 1958 and 1961. 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 230 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 7:40 Digital file type video/H264