USMC 104584: Furys at Guantánamo Bay

Item Description
Title
USMC 104584: Furys at Guantánamo Bay

Citation information
USMC 104584: Furys at Guantánamo Bay. (Q-16-410; R-44-50; MH8262.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1367

Marine Corps Library Number
2968-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-410; R-44-50; MH8262

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104584

Decade
1950

Date
1954-11-05

Description
Marine ground crews perform a routine check and refuel an FJ2. Pilots gather around the desk in the operations room in a shack to receive orders of the day. A pilot sits in the cockpit of an FJ2 preparing his checklist for flight before donning his helmet and strapping in and securing his mask. The top closes. Aircraft mechanics remove the tail from an FJ2 in order to perform maintenance.

Location(s)
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)

Camera crew
Jenkins (TSgt); Westmoreland (Lt)

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
372

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
04/20/2022

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

Digital runtime
10:27

Digital file type
video/H264