USMC 104467: Op. Ski Jump, combat drills

Item Description
Title
USMC 104467: Op. Ski Jump, combat drills

Citation information
USMC 104467: Op. Ski Jump, combat drills. (P-16-292; R-5-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/242

Marine Corps Library Number
2890-2

Additional identifiers
P-16-292; R-5-8

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104467

Decade
1950

Date
1957-01-17

Description
HRS1 helicopters take off the landing deck. They are directed by with semaphore symbols. Marines in combat dress, bearing M14 rifles, board helicopters from the flight deck. An aircraft handling officer directs landing and takeoff. Helicopters touchdown on land and combat dressed marines exit. Aerial shots of Operation Ski Jump's assembled U.S. Navy vessels including the USS Cavalier (APA-37).

Location(s)
USS Thetis Bay; At sea

Camera crew
Armstrong; Graham; Hubbard, D.E.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Squadron
HMR-362
HMR-361


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
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
10:45

Digital file type
video/H264