USMC 101737: Carrier activities on USS Block Island (CVE-106)

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101737: Carrier activities on USS Block Island (CVE-106) Citation information USMC 101737: Carrier activities on USS Block Island (CVE-106). (AVN-16-98; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/967 Marine Corps Library Number 0792-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-98; R-1-3; V.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101737 Decade 1940 Date 1945-05 Description Buoy-line transfer of mail between ships. USS Sangamon (CVE-26) is shown with wrecked deck. F4Us, TBMs, and F6Fs shown on deck and landing. TBM pilots and crew is shown. Signal officer directs planes for landing. Gun crews, Marines refueling planes, and resting. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Mitchell; Moriarty Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) 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 350 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 07/31/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:19 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II