USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island Citation information USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island. (P-1808; AVN-16-66; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/844 Marine Corps Library Number 0811-16 Additional identifiers P-1808; AVN-16-66; R-2-3; V.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101775 Decade 1940 Date 1945-03-18 Description Planes loaded, including TBMs and F4Us, onto carrier using cranes. Gun crews practice shooting from side of the ship, and a practice firing sleeve falls from the air into the water. Oahu, Navy band, and another ship, USS Ormsby (APA-49), is seen from the deck of the ship. Men ride on pilot ship and walk around the deck. Sgt Isadore B. Green (Atlantic City, NJ), Cpl W. L. Guy (Dayton, Ohio), and PFC J. C. Stabile (Brooklyn, NY), crew members, are all shown. Location(s) Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Oahu (Hawaii) Camera crew Veith; Moriarty; Mitch Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed March 18th-27th, 1945. Air Group MAG-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 390 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 03/26/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 12:04 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II