USMC 104515: Fury Jets loaded USS Coral Sea

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104515: Fury Jets loaded USS Coral Sea Citation information USMC 104515: Fury Jets loaded USS Coral Sea. (Q-16-410; R-5-50.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/136 Marine Corps Library Number 2929-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-410; R-5-50 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104515 Decade 1950 Date 1955-02-14 Description A n M50 ONTOS is filmed firing at Quantico, VA. Following, are shots from the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43). A FJ2 Fury is loaded by crane onto an aircraft carrier where it is parked beside a line of Fury jets from VM-122. A shot is shown of the flight deck. Uniformed marines look over the side of the ship. Marines stand in formation and another performs a silent platoon drill with rifles. A shot is taken of civilian ships. HUP takes off the flight deck. Tower is shown with maritime nautical flags. Fury jet sits on deck with pilot in the cockpit. The flight deck of the USS Coral Sea is awash with activity, as flight deck crew direct aircraft to take off. Footage is taken of FJ2 Fury jets landing and takeoff. A touch and go is performed. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Young, H.; Smith, N.L. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Squadron VMF-122 HU-2 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 10:46 Digital file type video/H264