USMC 103987: Camp Pendleton in the spring of 1950

Item Description
Title
USMC 103987: Camp Pendleton in the spring of 1950

Citation information
USMC 103987: Camp Pendleton in the spring of 1950. (P-16-18; R-2-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/875

Marine Corps Library Number
2571-16

Additional identifiers
P-16-18; R-2-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 103987

Decade
1950

Date
1950-03

Description
At Camp Pendleton, a SBD Marine Advance Trainer taxis on the runway. Marines disembark the SBD. A pilot boards a F6F. A F4U taxis on the runway. F4Us take off and land. A F6F of FASRON-7 takes off. Marines travel via buses and advance across terrain. In Los Angeles, footage of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, Republic Pictures studios, Universal Picture studios, Walt Disney studios, Warner Brothers Studios, and Millspaugh Hall on the campus of the University of California, Southern Branch (present-day University of California, Los Angeles). Content related to USMC 103985.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.); Los Angeles (Calif.)

Camera crew
Unknown

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed in March and April 1950.

Squadron
FASRON-7


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
340

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
6/2/2021

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

Digital runtime
9:27

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video