USMC 101665: Ditching exercises for pilots

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101665: Ditching exercises for pilots Citation information USMC 101665: Ditching exercises for pilots. (AVN-16-168; R-52-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/788 Marine Corps Library Number 0740-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168; R-52-83; V.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101665 Decade 1940 Date 1945-02-07 Description Pilots and crews of TBMs are put through ditching exercises. A separate sequence shows F4U pilots in cockpits: Berge, Daskalakisg, Thomas, and Cooke. Marines embarking on USS Block Island (CVE-106) and scenes made aboard ship. Note: sequences interspersed. Location(s) Goleta (Calif.) Camera crew D. Dunker; Gaunt; Bushnell; Thompson; Moriarty Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed February and early March 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 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 08/03/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 13:34 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II