USMC 100750: ""Flight Time""

Item Description
Title
USMC 100750: ""Flight Time""

Citation information
USMC 100750: ""Flight Time"". (Navy - 127631 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3858/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
Navy - 127631

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100750

Decade
1970

Description
Marine aviators, many African Americans, discuss their experience and satisfaction flying for Marine Corps. LtCol Frank Petersen, the first African-American Marine Aviator, specifically describes his career and the opportunities for minorities in the Marines. Scenes include Marines giving testimonials and various aircraft flying, including CH-46 Sea Knights, CH-53 Sea Stallions, AH-1 Cobras, F-4 Phantoms, and a C-130 Hercules.

Location(s)
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point (N.C.)

Camera crew
Blackside Film

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1969 and 1974.

Squadron
VMA-214
HMH-363
VMGR-252
HMA-269
HMM-261
VMFAT-201


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
390

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
09/27/2018

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

Digital runtime
10:36

Digital file type
video/H264