USMC 104417: Air field tests with arresting gear, Naval Auxiliary Air Station

Item Description
Title
USMC 104417: Air field tests with arresting gear, Naval Auxiliary Air Station

Citation information
USMC 104417: Air field tests with arresting gear, Naval Auxiliary Air Station. (MCEB-16-27; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
68668

Marine Corps Library Number
2861-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-27; R-2-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104417

Decade
1950

Date
1957-04-03

Description
Project T-987, Marine Corps Equipment Board. FJ3s land to test arresting gear MK-5 while being filmed at slow camera speed.

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

Camera crew
White, Robert L. (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed on multiple dates, including March 14, 1957 and April 3, 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
400

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
11:12

Digital file type
video/H264