USMC 104552: Fury Gun Loaded

Item Description
Title
USMC 104552: Fury Gun Loaded

Citation information
USMC 104552: Fury Gun Loaded. (Q-16-410; R-28-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1370

Marine Corps Library Number
2952-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-410; R-28-50; MH8262

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104552

Decade
1950

Date
1954-11-15

Description
FJ2 jet is loaded with ammunition. A pilot climbs into the cockpit, straps in, and puts on his helmet. The cockpit canopy shuts and then opens, the pilot exits. Another pilot enters the cockpit of a FJ2 and prepares for flight.

Location(s)
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

Camera crew
White; Jenkins (TSgt); Westmoreland (Lt).

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on 15 and 16 November, 1954.

Regiment
3rd Marines


Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-13


Squadron
VMF-122


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
388

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
10:57

Digital file type
video/H264