USMC 105144: Air drops

Item Description
Title
USMC 105144: Air drops

Citation information
USMC 105144: Air drops. (PI-16-003; R-1-1; Q-16-674.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1062

Marine Corps Library Number
3179-16

Additional identifiers
PI-16-003; R-1-1; Q-16-674

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105144

Decade
1950

Date
1959-06-09

Description
AD aircraft does multiple parachute equipment drops. The canisters land in an open field.

Location(s)
Kopp Cemetary; Virginia.

Camera crew
Thompson, R.W. (AS/Sgt); Delle Rose (A/Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on the 9th and 10th of June, 1959.

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
275

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
06/29/2022

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

Digital runtime
6:09

Digital file type
video/H264