USMC 109509: Testing Ordnance

Item Description
Title
USMC 109509: Testing Ordnance

Citation information
USMC 109509: Testing Ordnance. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
07/1857

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 109509

Decade
1970

Description
Various footage taken from testing ordnance. A graphic depicts an M110 self-propelled Howitzer firing. Footage is taken with forward-looking infrared system (FLIR). Various missiles are shot at helicopters, M48 tanks. A pilot in a gorilla mask cheers the camera while sitting in the cockpit. A USAF McDonnell Douglas YC15 and Boeing YC14 land on and take off from a runway. A pilot is dropped from an aircraft into water with an emergency inflatable.

Location(s)
Unknown

Genre
Documentary

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
1200

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
30:57

Digital file type
video/H264