USMC 103123: Helicopter assault tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 103123: Helicopter assault tests

Citation information
USMC 103123: Helicopter assault tests. (Q-16-129; R-9-12.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/655

Marine Corps Library Number
1958-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-129; R-9-12

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103123

Decade
1950

Date
1950-04-07

Description
HRP-1 helicopters carry troops and 75mm pack howitzers. F9Fs and F-4Us provide air support. Close up of an HO3S-1 on the ground being loaded up with wire spools for wiring laying tests. Marines rig wiring together for a communications test.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.)

Camera crew
Hainline; Laitinen

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on April 7, 1950.

Squadron
HMX-1


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
400

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
9/21/2020

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

Digital runtime
10:43

Digital file type
video/H264