USMC 104450: F9F Air wing footage

Item Description
Title
USMC 104450: F9F Air wing footage

Citation information
USMC 104450: F9F Air wing footage. (Q-16-571; R-5-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/2292

Marine Corps Library Number
2882-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-571; R-5-6

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104450

Decade
1950

Date
1951

Description
Aerial footage of F9F jets flying in formation. Landed, the jets roll down the runway. Further F9F jets are filmed in the air. Maintenance is performed on a jet engine. An engineer demonstrates how to take service air or oil filters from the F9F followed by additional maintenance scenes. F9F fighter jets take off. Marines correct damage to the airstrip. [Possible change in location and date.] Panorama of destroyed North Korean aircraft in the snow followed by F4U Corsairs park in a non-dispersed fashion. L19 taxis on the tarmac. HO3S helicopters and F9Fs line the runway. A C54 plane is relieved of cargo. A C47 takes off a rudimentary runway.

Location(s)
Inchon (Korea)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Possibly filmed in two different times: winter of 1950 and later in 1951.

Squadron
VMFA-212
VMO-6
VMF-311
USS�Midway�(CV-41)


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
280

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

Digital runtime
10:01

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War