USMC 111930: SFR 166: Korea (16 September 1951)

Item Description
Title
USMC 111930: SFR 166: Korea (16 September 1951)

Citation information
USMC 111930: SFR 166: Korea (16 September 1951). (SFR 166 (Dupe D).) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
SFR 166 (Dupe D)

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 111930

Decade
1950

Date
1951-09

Description
Staff Film Report No. 166. Overview of front-line action with situation map. Marines of B Company, 7th Marines advance north of Inje. Based on Korean scout observations, Marines call in air support to dislodge enemy from a hill. F4U Corsairs make bombing runs on a position. Marines move forward and POWs are questioned. P-51 Mustangs engage in air to ground missions--the benefits of the aircraft for this role are reviewed. This is followed by gun camera footage of strafing and bombing runs. Overview of the B-61 Matador Pilotless Bomber project based at the Guided Missile Test Center in Florida. The B-61 drone aircraft are piloted remotely by radio.

Location(s)
Cocoa (Fla.); Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Filmed in September 1951.

Regiment
7th Marines


Battalion
1st Battalion


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
400

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
07/16/2024

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

Digital runtime
11:33

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Korean War

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video