USMC 104560: Fury Landings on the USS Coral Sea

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104560: Fury Landings on the USS Coral Sea Citation information USMC 104560: Fury Landings on the USS Coral Sea. (Q-16-410; R-33-50 ; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1562 Marine Corps Library Number 2957-16 Additional identifiers Q-16-410; R-33-50 ; MH8262 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104560 Decade 1950 Description Takeoff from the USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) is filmed from within the cockpit of a jet. F3D is filmed aboard the flight deck, one of the aircraft from the Navy Air Training Command (NATC). Aerial footage is taken of the USS Coral Sea. Pilots run toward FJ2s. The radar and ship's mast is seen. A civilian enjoys a cup of coffee while observing the flight deck. An elevator rises up with crew and an FJ2. An FJ2 pilot gives the camera a thumbs up. An FJ3 lands. A catapult officer signals. HUP helicopter is filmed rounding the ship in the air. FJ2 lands on deck multiple times. Location(s) Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed in the mid-1950s, based on affiliation with other films taken of USS Coral Sea between 1954 and 1956. Regiment 3rd Marines Air Wing MAW-3 Air Group MAG-13 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 10:39 Digital file type video/H264