USMC 101142: VMF-511 on CVE-106

Description: 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