USMC 104507: FJ2 Pilots in the Ready Room

Item Description
Title
USMC 104507: FJ2 Pilots in the Ready Room

Citation information
USMC 104507: FJ2 Pilots in the Ready Room. (Q-16-40; R-1-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1316

Marine Corps Library Number
2925-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-40; R-1-50; MH8262

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104507

Decade
1950

Date
1955-10

Description
Pilots receive a lecture/briefing. Marine Corps pilots answers questions on camera, shot close up. Several officer ranking Marines have a briefing around a table, surrounded by maps. Pilots smoke, chat, read magazines, and drink coffee in the ready room. Marines are shown operating radios and radar equipment in a dark room.

Location(s)
Cherry Point (NC)

Camera crew
W. W. Frank (MSgt); Westmoreland (Capt.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
380

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
04/19/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
10:51

Digital file type
video/H264