USMC 101513: Anti-sub school and USS Block Island departure

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101513: Anti-sub school and USS Block Island departure Citation information USMC 101513: Anti-sub school and USS Block Island departure. (AVN-16-168; R-61-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/858 Marine Corps Library Number 0633-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168; R-61-83; v.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101513 Decade 1940 Date 1945-03-19 Description TBMs from VMTB-132 (from USS Cape Gloucester, CVE-106) practice bombing submarines in the water below. USS Block Island (CVE-106) departs from San Diego. African American sailors let ship loose from dock, and tug boat takes ship out. Shots of sailors and F4Us aboard. Location(s) San Diego (Calif.) Camera crew DeRycke Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed March 19th and 20th, 1945. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MASG-48 MCVG-4 MCVG-1 Squadron VMTB-132 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 300 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 06/10/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:28 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II