USMC 101244: ""Tiny Tim"" rockets

Item Description
Title
USMC 101244: ""Tiny Tim"" rockets

Citation information
USMC 101244: ""Tiny Tim"" rockets. (AVN-16-168; R-70-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/767

Marine Corps Library Number
0481-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-70-83; V.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101244

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-26

Description
Rockets fire on plane with gun camera footage at Inyokern. Unclear footage in the middle of the reel. Planes (F4Us, F6Fs, and TBMs) take off from USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109), fly in formation, and land on deck. Pilots on bridge.

Location(s)
Inyokern (Calif.)

Camera crew
De Rycke; Wiegand; H. A. Haynes

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 26th, and April 7th, 12th, and 14th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4


Squadron
VMF-511
VMF-351
VMTB-132


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
250

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
03/14/2019

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

Digital runtime
7:19

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II