USMC 109300: ""Cavalcade of Aviation""

Item Description
Title
USMC 109300: ""Cavalcade of Aviation""

Citation information
USMC 109300: ""Cavalcade of Aviation"". (00244.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
05/1113

Marine Corps Library Number
BY

Additional identifiers
00244

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109300

Decade
1940

Description
Narrator describes role of aviation in WWI through 1941. The Wright brothers, an early helicopter, Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Elder, and the Hindenberg are shown. President Roosevelt addresses Congress, explaining the need for a greater Air Force.

Location(s)
Unknown

Producing entity
(Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Likely 1942. A helicopter model from 1941 is shown, and there is one reference to the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

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
700

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
03/24/2023

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

Digital runtime
20:22

Digital file type
video/H264