USMC 104843: MK5 Arresting gear tests

Item Description
Title
USMC 104843: MK5 Arresting gear tests

Citation information
USMC 104843: MK5 Arresting gear tests. (MCEB-16-27; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/2303

Marine Corps Library Number
3005-16

Additional identifiers
MCEB-16-27; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104843

Decade
1950

Date
1957

Description
F4Us, F8U, L19, and F9F aircraft land and take off at Edenton airfield to test MK5 arresting gear. Building complex in the background is labeled Marine Corps Aviation Technical School. An HTL4 flies in the background.

Location(s)
Edenton (N.C.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Regiment
2nd Marines


Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MAG-14


Squadron
VMA-223


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Negative

Original physical length
338

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
06/09/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:31

Digital file type
video/H264