USMC 105545: ""SATS Preparation""

Item Description
Title
USMC 105545: ""SATS Preparation""

Citation information
USMC 105545: ""SATS Preparation"". (HQ-16-760; R-1-1; 57-0649.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2244

Marine Corps Library Number
3445-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-760; R-1-1; 57-0649

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105545

Decade
1960

Date
1961-10-18

Description
Early stages of construction of a short airfield for tactical support (SATS). Marines operate dozers and dump trucks. Heavy machinery levels the earth. A surveyor looks through a theodolite and takes notes. Unidentified supervisors chat with a Marine in a dirt clearing. In a wooded area, excavators and other heavy machinery load dirt into dump trucks. Aerial views of the wooded area, airfields near the SATS construction site.

Location(s)
MCAS Quantico (VA)

Camera crew
Wright

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
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
07/15/2022

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

Digital runtime
8:23

Digital file type
video/H264