USMC 105368: USS Mt. McKinley

Item Description
Title
USMC 105368: USS Mt. McKinley

Citation information
USMC 105368: USS Mt. McKinley. (AWPS-23; R-1-1; 57-0111.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2128

Marine Corps Library Number
3322-16

Additional identifiers
AWPS-23; R-1-1; 57-0111

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105368

Decade
1960

Date
1961-02-22

Description
Activities aboard the USS Mt. McKinley (AGC-7). A USN admiral comes aboard the USS Mt. McKinley (AGC-7) for a Pass-in-Review. An HRS1 takes off a carrier. In the CIC room board the McKinley, staff go about tasks, operate radar and radio equipment, a USMC member writes communication between task forces, and a USN sailor works on maps. USN officers overlook the fleet. USMC MajGen. James P. Berkeley and USN RDML Eugene B. Fluckey review a map and documents at a conference table. Unidentified Destroyers and aircraft carriers traverse the ocean. An CH34 helicopter flies beside the camera operator. MajGen. Berkeley and RDML Fluckey review documents with other officers. A bosun's whistle is used. A Navy sailor steers the ship.

Location(s)
Atlantic Ocean.

Camera crew
Hansen, E.A.; Collum

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between February 19 and February 22, 1961

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
400

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
10:30

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video