USMC 110844: ""Straight up and away"" Marine Corps aviation careers

Item Description
Title
USMC 110844: ""Straight up and away"" Marine Corps aviation careers

Citation information
USMC 110844: ""Straight up and away"": Marine Corps aviation careers . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3288

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110844

Decade
1970

Date
1970

Description
This film tells the fictitious story of a college student who learns about plane and helicopter aviation opportunities in the Marines Corps from a Marines Capt. and decides to enlist. A narrator describes the process and advantages of becoming a Marine Corps pilot. Includes footage from classroom, field and and simulation training sessions. Aircraft shown: T-34 Mentor, TH-57 Sea Ranger and CH-46 Sea Knight of HMM-163.

Location(s)
Naval Air Station Ellyson Field (Fla.)

Camera crew
Frifield, Don (Script writer); Cascade California

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Produced in 1970.

Air Wing
MAW-3


Air Group
MAG-16


Squadron
HMM-163


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

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
07/07/2023

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

Digital runtime
14:52

Digital file type
video/H264