USMC 104391: Arrested landings at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Item Description
Title
USMC 104391: Arrested landings at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton

Citation information
USMC 104391: Arrested landings at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Edenton. (MCEB-16-27; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
26665

Marine Corps Library Number
2847-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-27; R-1-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104391

Decade
1950

Date
1957-3-11

Description
Arrested landings using MK-5 gear by aircraft: FD32, AD4B, and FJ3. Planes touch down on the strip, testing out arrested landing gear MK-5. Damage to the landing strip is shown. Civilians work on the pipes on the airstrip. C.B.R. Test (California Bearing Ratio) is taken to evaluate the strength of the earth beneath the runway.

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

Camera crew
Magoun, J.L. (SSgt); White, R.L. (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
from 03/11/1957 through 03/13/1957 and also 02/14/1957

Squadron
VMF-211
VMFA-531


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
297

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
8:19

Digital file type
video/H264