USMC 100023: Kamikaze Attacks

Description: 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