It's always interesting watching these old films of carrier flight ops from WWII and the days of early jet aircraft. And it's obvious that then, just as now, the deck crew had a very dangerous job to do.
Thank you! This content needs to be available to all. I extend my thanks to the Marine Corps for assigning film crews to capture these moments and for the efforts of the team at the University of So Carolina for digitizing the reels and making them available for me to do my part.
Great work you are doing digitizing and making these films accessible for the next generation. Powerful stuff. New subscriber and appreciate your channel!
Do you have any films of the Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 on Ulithi Atoll? Thanks for sharing your work! as a camera guy myself, these films are fantastic!
Thank you for tuning in! Regarding VMF(N)-542 I just found this one film... go to digital.library.sc.edu and search for 101727 . They show the base of that squadron and some shots of the planes and men.
I subscribed! Amazing to see our carrier flight ops. in it's infancy, so unrefined yet it worked!
Always great these old films.
It's always interesting watching these old films of carrier flight ops from WWII and the days of early jet aircraft. And it's obvious that then, just as now, the deck crew had a very dangerous job to do.
Thank you! This content needs to be available to all. I extend my thanks to the Marine Corps for assigning film crews to capture these moments and for the efforts of the team at the University of So Carolina for digitizing the reels and making them available for me to do my part.
Great work you are doing digitizing and making these films accessible for the next generation. Powerful stuff. New subscriber and appreciate your channel!
Thanks and welcome!
The Launch Officer is wearing a tie. Classic.
I hope Cpl. John Tyler made it. Greatest generation!
Always amazing footage to see
Totally agree! The image quality, on some of these, for being 80 years old, is amazing.
Do you have any films of the Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 on Ulithi Atoll? Thanks for sharing your work! as a camera guy myself, these films are fantastic!
Thank you for tuning in! Regarding VMF(N)-542 I just found this one film... go to digital.library.sc.edu and search for 101727 . They show the base of that squadron and some shots of the planes and men.