USMC 107823: ""Fog Dispersal Unit""

Item Description
Title
USMC 107823: ""Fog Dispersal Unit""

Citation information
USMC 107823: ""Fog Dispersal Unit"". (Q-16-109-106-86-111-70; R-2-8; 8-2017.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3181

Marine Corps Library Number
8027-16

Additional identifiers
Q-16-109-106-86-111-70; R-2-8; 8-2017

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107823

Decade
1970

Date
1971-08

Description
Marines inspect a fog dispersal tank before attaching it to a CH46 helicopter. Aerial views of CH46s as fog dispenses. An SH3A helicopter descends, hovers through the fog. Colored balloons are released into the air from within the helicopter.

Location(s)
Quantico (Va.); Lewisburg (WV)

Camera crew
Thompson

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1971-08-13 and 1971-08-16

Squadron
HMX-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
430

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
11/07/2022

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

Digital runtime
12:09

Digital file type
video/H264