USMC 105403: Ships and aircraft

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105403: Ships and aircraft Citation information USMC 105403: Ships and aircraft. (AWPS-42; R-1-1; 57-0114.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2156 Marine Corps Library Number 3341-16 Additional identifiers AWPS-42; R-1-1; 57-0114 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105403 Decade 1960 Date 1961-02-26 Description Compilation reel of various subjects. Closeups of a pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft. Aerial view of A4Ds flying in formation. Marines, with the aid of a forklift operator, offload crates from USS Thuban (AKA-19) onto a landing craft. A high-line cable system transports crates from a ship to the nearby beach. Armed Marines board helicopters. A helicopter pilot signals to offscreen control team below. On land, shots of vehicles, field communications via radio, helicopter landings. Aerial views of A4 bombing runs. Amphibious landing procedures. Location(s) Vieques (P.R.) Camera crew Durie; Highland; Pauling, C.F.; Brown, J.S.; Marth Jr., R. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Regiment 2nd Marines Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MAG-31 Squadron VMF-332 HMR-264 HMR-461 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 10:17 Digital file type video/H264