USMC 104415: Air field tests at Naval Auxiliary Air Station

Item Description
Title
USMC 104415: Air field tests at Naval Auxiliary Air Station

Citation information
USMC 104415: Air field tests at Naval Auxiliary Air Station. (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
66477

Marine Corps Library Number
2860-16

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

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104415

Decade
1950

Date
1957-3

Description
Project No. T-987 tests for the Marine Corps Equipment Board on arresting gear MK-5 with aircraft FJ3s shown on screen. Marines continue construction on the tactical support airfield, working on arresting gear and looking at plans for the airstrip. A TM-4 engine sits in a sand bag depression surrounded by water. Damage to runway is shown: deep mud holes and flooding have damaged the strip.

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

Camera crew
J. L. Magoun (SSgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on multiple dates, including March 14, 1957 and March 17, 1957.

Squadron
VMF-122


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
270

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
7:32

Digital file type
video/H264