USMC 101846: Court of Neptune on CVE-107

Item Description
Title
USMC 101846: Court of Neptune on CVE-107

Citation information
USMC 101846: Court of Neptune on CVE-107. (AVN-16-184; 81567; R-4-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1076

Marine Corps Library Number
0860-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-184; 81567; R-4-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101846

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-28

Description
Activities on USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), including Shellback/King Neptune ceremony with African-American servicemen, shots in sickbay, and F6Fs firing rockets into water.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Davidge

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed June 28th-July 5th, 1945.

Division
5th Division


Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MCVG-2
MASG-48


Squadron
VMF-512


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
440

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
08/02/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:47

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II