USMC 101140: Operations aboard the USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101140: Operations aboard the USS Block Island Citation information USMC 101140: Operations aboard the USS Block Island. (AVN-16-168; R-63-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/786 Marine Corps Library Number 0190-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168; R-63-83; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101140 Decade 1940 Date 1945-02-03 Description F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats land on USS Block Island (CVE-106) with arresting gear and take off from it. F6F loaded onto ship with crane, and pilots in planes. These include Maj. R. B. Porter, Capt. William Hogue, Lt. Edward J. Wallof, Lt. Troyer, and Lt. Pickering. Location(s) Naval Air Station North Island; San Diego (Calif.) Camera crew DeRycke; Wiegand Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed February 3rd-7th, 1945. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MCVG-1 MASG-48 Squadron VMF-511 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 300 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 02/12/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:57 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II