USMC 100641: The last of the A4 ""Skyhawks""

Item Description
Title
USMC 100641: The last of the A4 ""Skyhawks""

Citation information
USMC 100641: The last of the A4 ""Skyhawks"". (MAC/DAC 9684 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3061/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
MAC/DAC 9684

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100641

Decade
19990

Description
To commemorate the end of A-4 "Skyhawk" production, this film overviews the attack aircraft's production, assembly and in-flight abilities. A4's flown by Navy and Marine pilots are shown in complex in-flight maneuvers, rolls and formations from multiple perspectives. Flying over mountainous terrain, the A4's are seen firing missiles and dropping bombs. Squadrons pictured include Navy Strike Fighter Squadrons 192 and 195 (VA-192 and VA-195).

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
United States Navy

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Between 1998 and 2003

Squadron
VA-192
VA-195


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
220

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
08/07/2018

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

Digital runtime
7:02

Digital file type
video/H264