USMC 100023: Kamikaze Attacks

Item Description
Title
USMC 100023: Kamikaze Attacks

Citation information
USMC 100023: Kamikaze Attacks. (APB-16-30; R-1-1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2280

Marine Corps Library Number
3480-16

Additional identifiers
APB-16-30; R-1-1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100023

Decade
1940

Date
1944

Description
Reel contains subjects from various times between 1944 through the late 1950s. First sequences show Kamikaze attacks on U.S. fleet during World War II, followed by landing of F6F Hellcat on a carrier (possibly USS Hancock, CV-19). Second sequence is post-war and shows carrier operations featuring H34s and Bell HSL1s. Third, on December 9, 1955; Marines perform tests of the STV-5 missile system. Fourth sequence documents tests of RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missile (possibly at China Lake). Fifth sequence shows various helicopters, including Sikorsky CH37 Mohave.

Location(s)
Vairous, including China Lake (Calif.)

Producing entity
United States. Navy (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed at different times between 1944 and the end of the 1960s.

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
434

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
05/18/2023

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

Digital runtime
14:45

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II