USMC 105586: ""Firing from Helo""

Item Description
Title
USMC 105586: ""Firing from Helo""

Citation information
USMC 105586: ""Firing from Helo"". (Q-16-783; R-1-1; 57-0506.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2975

Marine Corps Library Number
3619-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-783; R-1-1; 57-0506

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105586

Decade
1960

Date
1962-04-02

Description
Marines fire various rifles, including an M1 carbine and M60 amongst others, from a helicopter. Aerial views of a field. Marines load into a helicopter. Aerial view of the helicopter in flight. Aerial views of artillery fire striking the ground. A Marine fires an M60 from a helicopter while another Marine feeds ammo into it.

Location(s)
MCS Quantico (VA)

Camera crew
Collum

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Squadron
HMZ-1


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
439

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
12:18

Digital file type
video/H264