USMC 101846: Court of Neptune on CVE-107

Description: 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