USMC 103297: Miami aviation tour

Item Description
Title
USMC 103297: Miami aviation tour

Citation information
USMC 103297: Miami aviation tour. (HQ-16-228; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/2280

Marine Corps Library Number
2046-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-228; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103297

Decade
1950

Description
The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, with other Iranian officers, Marine Corps officers, and civilians tour Marine Corps Air Station Miami. Unidentified foreign officers walk next to unidentified Marine Corps officers. The group then walks around a car marked "U.S. Navy". The group walks by an AD-5 Skyraider parked on the airfield. The group then walks into a hangar containing more AD-5 Skyraiders. The tail codes of the planes in the hangar read "MN" and "MR", VMA-333, and VMA-332. The group returns to the airfield and stands in near a line of F9F Panther jet fighters, some of which have the tail code "H." The Shah and an unidentified Naval officer look into the cockpit of an F9F. An unidentified Naval Lieutenant photographs the two officers. The group returns to cars parked on the airstrip, near two A-3 Skywarriors. The group drives off and passes a row of B-29 Superfortresses. An unidentified Marine Colonel gives a foreign officer a gift. The members of the group shake hands and salute each other. The Shah and his contigent leave the base.

Location(s)
Miami (Fla.); Marine Corps Air Station Miami (Fla.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between December 6, 1954 and February 10, 1955.

Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-31


Squadron
VMA-332
VMA-333


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Negative

Original physical length
133

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
10/20/2020

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

Digital runtime
3:42

Digital file type
video/H264