USMC 108713: ""AV8A Grass Operations, VMA-542""

Item Description
Title
USMC 108713: ""AV8A Grass Operations, VMA-542""

Citation information
USMC 108713: ""AV8A Grass Operations, VMA-542"". (FA-16-7-78; R-2-2; 6-2143.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/3547

Marine Corps Library Number
8691-16

Additional identifiers
FA-16-7-78; R-2-2; 6-2143

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 108713

Decade
1970

Date
1977-09-12

Description
AV8A Harrier in flight and executes vertical landing on matting in a field. Ground crew pushes AV8A underneath camouflaged netting. Ordnance personnel place a 250lb bomb on a rack of Av8A. AV8A taxis through field. UH1N helicopter descends into a field and CMC Gen. Louis H. Wilson disembarks. Gen. Wilson shakes USMC officers' hands, engages in conversation, inspects Marines as they stand at attention. Gen. Wilson reenters UH1N, UH1N takes off.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed 12th-16th of September, 1977

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
245

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
01/26/2023

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

Digital runtime
7:03

Digital file type
video/H264