USMC 107840: Speedboat and Airstrip Fire

Item Description
Title
USMC 107840: Speedboat and Airstrip Fire

Citation information
USMC 107840: Speedboat and Airstrip Fire. (O22-0442-00-72; O22-0549-00-74; R-1-1; 8-1892.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/635

Marine Corps Library Number
8035-16

Additional identifiers
O22-0442-00-72; O22-0549-00-74; R-1-1; 8-1892

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107840

Decade
1970

Date
1974

Description
Reel containing multiple subjects. First, in March, 1974 a USN remote control speedboat moves through water at Atlantic Beach (NC). Second, on April 20th, 1974, USMC crash crew members practice firefighting on an airstrip at MCAS Cherry Point (NC). Shell of an aircraft remains in the background.

Location(s)
Atlantic Beach (NC); Cherry Point (NC)

Camera crew
Chambers (LCpl); Zetz, W.H. (Sgt)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Section one filmed 1974-03; Section two filmed 1974-04-20

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
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
11:47

Digital file type
video/H264