USMC 101142: VMF-511 on CVE-106
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Item Description
Title
USMC 101142: VMF-511 on CVE-106
Citation information
USMC 101142: VMF-511 on CVE-106. (AVN-16-168; reel 62 of 83..) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/845
Marine Corps Library Number
0199-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-62-83; v.1
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101142
Decade
1940
Date
1945-02-02
Description
Planes from VMF-511 conduct take-off and landing drills aboard the USS Block Island (CVE-106). This film followed by footage from Marine Air Station Goleta--taken prior to deployment (2 February 1945). Marine aviators with kit bags leave by bus and train to North Island to board the carrier. Off Goleta (or Santa Barbara pier) the TBM squadrons drill on escaping the craft after crashing into the the sea. A TBM fuselage with crew is dropped into the ocean and the crew exits the plane and rows away. Note: includes close-ups of Marine aviators Crone and Backhaus.
Location(s)
Goleta (Calif.)
Camera crew
Davidge
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed in early February 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-1
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
375
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
02/13/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
12:42
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 101142: VMF-511 on CVE-106
Citation information
USMC 101142: VMF-511 on CVE-106. (AVN-16-168; reel 62 of 83..) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/845
Marine Corps Library Number
0199-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-62-83; v.1
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101142
Decade
1940
Date
1945-02-02
Description
Planes from VMF-511 conduct take-off and landing drills aboard the USS Block Island (CVE-106). This film followed by footage from Marine Air Station Goleta--taken prior to deployment (2 February 1945). Marine aviators with kit bags leave by bus and train to North Island to board the carrier. Off Goleta (or Santa Barbara pier) the TBM squadrons drill on escaping the craft after crashing into the the sea. A TBM fuselage with crew is dropped into the ocean and the crew exits the plane and rows away. Note: includes close-ups of Marine aviators Crone and Backhaus.
Location(s)
Goleta (Calif.)
Camera crew
Davidge
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed in early February 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-1
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
375
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
02/13/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
12:42
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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