USMC 104374: Airfield, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Item Description
Title
USMC 104374: Airfield, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Citation information
USMC 104374: Airfield, Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton. (MCEB-16-27; R-4-9.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
223165

Marine Corps Library Number
2838-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-27; R-4-9

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104374

Decade
1950

Date
1957-3-14

Description
Construction for the tactical support airfield, project T-987 for the Marine Corps Equipment Board (MCEB). FJ3 and AD6 planes touch down on the strip, utilizing arresting gear type MK-5.

Location(s)
Edenton, N.C.; Naval Auxiliary Air Station

Camera crew
Magoun (SSgt); White (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Different dates listed, also 7 March, 1957.

Squadron
VMF-122
VMFA-225


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
390

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
04/17/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
9:41

Digital file type
video/H264