USMC 109269: ""America's Newsreel Album""

Item Description
Title
USMC 109269: ""America's Newsreel Album""

Citation information
USMC 109269: ""America's Newsreel Album"". (#13; c.2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2851/1

Marine Corps Library Number
BY

Additional identifiers
#13; c.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109269

Decade
1950

Description
Dennis James hosts America's Newsreel Album. Included are films about the Third Avenue Line, the ""El"", in 1895 New York and then again from 1955. The next highlight covers a Marine Corps amphibious operations, a vertical assault with an HRS1 helicopter. The third film showcases experimental rockets. Dennis James conducts an interview with Willy Ley. Dennis James discusses American competitors in the decathlon. Footage shows Robert Bruce Mathias, Robert Eugene Richards, Milton ""Milt"" Gray Campbell, and Rafer Lewis Johnson. Finally, the film highlights aviation in the US Marine Corps.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
James, Dennis

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Air Wing
MAW-1


Air Group
MAG-36


Squadron
VMM-262


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
520

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
03/21/2023

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

Digital runtime
14:59

Digital file type
video/H264