USMC 105342: Operation Oceanlink (1958)

Item Description
Title
USMC 105342: Operation Oceanlink (1958)

Citation information
USMC 105342: Operation Oceanlink (1958). (AWPS-8; R-1-1; 57-0097; .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2109

Marine Corps Library Number
3307-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-8; R-1-1; 57-0097;

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105342

Decade
1950

Date
1958-04-30

Description
Activities of a major Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) exercise. RAF Buccaneer planes fly in formation. Aerial view of the HMS Puncher (D79), transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States. Sailors tour traditional sites in Singapore. A S2 aircraft performs multiple touch-and-gos on deck of the Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R21). Members of the Royal Australian Navy watch US aircraft land and take off. A sailor hoists the British White Ensign.

Location(s)
Singapore.

Camera crew
Kircher; Wrigley; Cady

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Also filmed on the 3rd of May, 1958.

Squadron
VS-21


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
07/09/2022

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

Digital runtime
9:38

Digital file type
video/H264