USMC 100656: Marines and aircraft equipment

Item Description
Title
USMC 100656: Marines and aircraft equipment

Citation information
USMC 100656: Marines and aircraft equipment. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3102/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100656

Decade
1960

Description
Film featuring variety of Marine equipment. Scenes include the take down of an unidentified object (possibly a jungle buoy), a demonstration of aircraft arresting gear slowing down both a F-4 plane and possibly an AD-4 (flown by VMF(AW)-235 and VMFA-251), men working at a Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) maintenance hanger, and a UH - 1E with a rocket launcher being loaded. The film finishes with a XM18 gun pod with 7.62 mm minigun being loaded and fired.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed after 1964.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MAG-31


Squadron
VMF(AW)-235
VMFA-251


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
120

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
08/06/2018

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

Digital runtime
4:05

Digital file type
video/H264