USMC 103919: RADAR operations plotting room

Item Description
Title
USMC 103919: RADAR operations plotting room

Citation information
USMC 103919: RADAR operations plotting room. (MH-16-8128-A; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1539

Marine Corps Library Number
2465-16

Additional identifiers
MH-16-8128-A; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103919

Decade
1950

Description
RADAR operations plotting room. Marines answer phones and take notes. A technician wearing earphones plots coordinates on a transparent wall. The technician notes the positions of "enemy" planes. Marines use communication equipment and take notes. "Enemy" planes noted on the transparent wall: F9F, P2V, F2H, and F3D.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Strathman; Westmoreland

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1951 and 1958 based on the aircraft noted by the technician.

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
367

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
5/12/2021

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

Digital runtime
10:12

Digital file type
video/H264