USMC 101234: CASD-1 aboard the USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101234: CASD-1 aboard the USS Block Island Citation information USMC 101234: CASD-1 aboard the USS Block Island. (AVN 16-85.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 11/3943 Marine Corps Library Number 1292-16 Additional identifiers AVN 16-85 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101234 Decade 1940 Date 1945-4-27 Description Scenes aboard USS Block Island (CVE-106) focusing on Aircraft Service Detachment 1 (CASD-1). Maj. Gen. James Tillinghast Moore speaks with Naval Rear Adm. Francis Massie Hughes. Lectures and briefings are given on the flight deck. A damaged fighter is pushed overboard. Planes (Hellcats and Corsairs) land or choose not to land on deck. Anti-aircraft batteries shown firing at incoming planes. Pilots and crews, including Mr. Morse, are shown. Ocean and carriers in the distance. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Moriarty; Veith; Uribe Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MASG-48 MCVG-1 Squadron CASD-1 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 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 03/13/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:22 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II