USMC 100390 : "The story of black cats"

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100390 : "The story of black cats" Citation information USMC 100390 : ""The story of back cats"" . 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 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100390 Decade 1940 Description U.S. Navy produced industrial incentive film outlining the activities of PBY Catalina night fighter, Black Cats, operating in the South West Pacific under the command of Commodore Thomas Combs and Captain Peck. The initial flight is successful, but the Navy cameraman aboard in wounded. Maintenance crews repair the PBY to prepare it for its next mission. The planes are loaded with ordnance. The film then focuses on the crew briefings and the mission flown by six PBYs, one of which is shot down during the mission. Location(s) Unknown Producing entity United States. Navy (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed in 1943 or 1944. Air Wing Fleet Air Wing Ten Fleet Air Wing Seventeen Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 720 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 04/30/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 20:00 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II