USMC 104994: Oak Island Lighthouse Completion

Item Description
Title
USMC 104994: Oak Island Lighthouse Completion

Citation information
USMC 104994: Oak Island Lighthouse Completion. (HQ-16-494; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/1939

Marine Corps Library Number
3095-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-494; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104994

Decade
1950

Date
1958

Description
Civilians inspect the nose of the HR2S. Members of the US Coast Guard and USMC pose for a picture. An HR2S helicopter demonstrates its airlift capacity by lifting and lowering the top of a lighthouse tower, completing the Oak Island Lighthouse construction. Members of the USMC and US Coast Guard observe. Following landing, the pilot of the HR2S shakes hands with ranking USMC and USCG officers.

Location(s)
Oak Island, (NC)

Camera crew
C. Levine

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Division
2nd Division


Squadron
HMR(M)-461


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
300

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
06/20/2022

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

Digital runtime
7:32

Digital file type
video/H264