USMC 105571: ""SATS test""
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Item Description
Title
USMC 105571: ""SATS test""
Citation information
USMC 105571: ""SATS test"". (MH-9546A; R-21-27; 57-0499.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/2459
Marine Corps Library Number
3612-16
Additional identifiers
MH-9546A; R-21-27; 57-0499
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105571
Decade
1960
Date
1962-10-31
Description
Short airfield construction and tests. Marines lay pipes, drive dozers, drive steamrollers. A Marine enters a small communications unit. Aerial view of the airstrip. Marines assemble matting. A marine installs weather monitoring equipment on the communications unit. Takeoff and landing tests with an F4D and an A4. Close-ups of an F8U and an airstrip signal man preparing for takeoff. Close-ups of communications equipment and Marines speaking into radio headsets. Arresting gear tests.
Location(s)
Twentynine Palms (Calif.); Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Camera crew
Christenson (SSgt)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Filmed on separate days including the 2nd, 6th-9th of November, 1962. Also filmed on the 8th of February, 1963.
Regiment
1st Marines
3rd Marines
Air Wing
MAW-3
MAW-1
Air Group
MAG-11
MAG-12
Squadron
VMFAT-502
VMFA-121
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
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
07/19/2022
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k
Digital runtime
10:49
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 105571: ""SATS test""
Citation information
USMC 105571: ""SATS test"". (MH-9546A; R-21-27; 57-0499.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/2459
Marine Corps Library Number
3612-16
Additional identifiers
MH-9546A; R-21-27; 57-0499
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105571
Decade
1960
Date
1962-10-31
Description
Short airfield construction and tests. Marines lay pipes, drive dozers, drive steamrollers. A Marine enters a small communications unit. Aerial view of the airstrip. Marines assemble matting. A marine installs weather monitoring equipment on the communications unit. Takeoff and landing tests with an F4D and an A4. Close-ups of an F8U and an airstrip signal man preparing for takeoff. Close-ups of communications equipment and Marines speaking into radio headsets. Arresting gear tests.
Location(s)
Twentynine Palms (Calif.); Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Camera crew
Christenson (SSgt)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Film date (note)
Filmed on separate days including the 2nd, 6th-9th of November, 1962. Also filmed on the 8th of February, 1963.
Regiment
1st Marines
3rd Marines
Air Wing
MAW-3
MAW-1
Air Group
MAG-11
MAG-12
Squadron
VMFAT-502
VMFA-121
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
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
07/19/2022
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k
Digital runtime
10:49
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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