USMC 101712: Activities on USS Cape Gloucester

Item Description
Title
USMC 101712: Activities on USS Cape Gloucester

Citation information
USMC 101712: Activities on USS Cape Gloucester. (P-1651; AVN-16-173; R-7-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1169 V.1

Marine Corps Library Number
769-16

Additional identifiers
P-1651; AVN-16-173; R-7-8

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101712

Decade
1940

Date
1945-8-2

Description
F4Us flying and landing on deck. TBM and F6F on deck. Pilot heading out for photo mission. Japanese flags painted on ship for confirmed kills. Pilots talking about mission.

Location(s)
East China Sea

Camera crew
Rubalcava

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed August 2-4, 1945.

Air Group
MASG-48


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
370

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
07/30/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:35

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II