USMC 101151: Air ops on CVE-109

Item Description
Title
USMC 101151: Air ops on CVE-109

Citation information
USMC 101151: Air ops on CVE-109. (AVN-16-173; R-4-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1085

Marine Corps Library Number
0213-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-173; R-4-8; V.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101151

Decade
1940

Date
1945-07-30

Description
Air operations on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Pilots looking at maps. F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats land and take off, including Lt. Pundt (FF67) and Lt. Benton (FF66) for photo mission of Zhoushan Island, south of Shanghai. Planes are parked by Master Sgt. Geary and tied down before a storm. Sailors uses blinker, and officers are shown on bridge, along with Ross and Doyle.

Location(s)
East China Sea

Camera crew
J. S. August

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed July 30th and August 1st and 4th, 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
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
02/18/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
13:08

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II