USMC 101150: Photo operations on USS Cape Gloucester

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101150: Photo operations on USS Cape Gloucester Citation information USMC 101150: Photo operations on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-173; R-3-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1084 Marine Corps Library Number 0212-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-173; R-3-8; V.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101150 Decade 1940 Date 1945-07-28 Description Landing and take off operations from F4Us and F6Fs of VMF-351 on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109), including photo reconnaissance mission by Lt. Benton and Lt. Pundt, possibly over Zhoushan Island, south of Shanghai. Dark room operations, showing photograph processes with Sgt. R. G. Allen. Photos are put together at the end to form an aerial map. Location(s) East China Sea Camera crew De Rycke; Witney; J. S. August Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed late July and early August 1945. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MASG-48 MCVG-4 Squadron VMF-351 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 400 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 02/14/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:10 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II