USMC 104556: Fury Pilots, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122

Item Description
Title
USMC 104556: Fury Pilots, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122

Citation information
USMC 104556: Fury Pilots, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122. (Q-16-410; R-31-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/813

Marine Corps Library Number
2955-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-410; R-31-50; MH8262

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104556

Decade
1950

Date
1955-11-10

Description
About a dozen FJ2 planes soar overhead. FJ3 Fury Jets taxi on the runway. FJ2 Pilots, a part of squadron VMF-122, walk toward their jets, then pose for a group photograph. They wave goodbye to the camera as the pilots get onto a truck and are driven away. Multiple FJ2s launche off the deck of the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43).

Location(s)
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

Camera crew
Connelly

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
346

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
10:14

Digital file type
video/H264