USMC 100592: PBY Catalina aircraft identification training

Item Description
Title
USMC 100592: PBY Catalina aircraft identification training

Citation information
USMC 100592: PBY Catalina aircraft identification training . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2956/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MH-40D-A.H

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100592

Decade
1940

Date
1942

Description
This U.S. Navy training film, produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1942 for the Technical Supervision Fleet Aircraft Tactical Unit, shows how to identify the "PBY" consolidated Catalina long-range bombing plane. Highlighting the distinctive single "parasol wing" connected to the fuselage by a central tower, the two-stepped underside, the two radial engines set high above the fuselage and the retractable floats at its wing-tips, the footage and narration illustrate quick ways to identify the plane from multiple angles.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
Walt Disney Productions (Production unit)

Genre
Training

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
290

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
07/17/2018

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

Digital runtime
8:07

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II