USMC 101936: Activities on USS Gilbert Islands

Description: Item Description Title USMC 101936: Activities on USS Gilbert Islands Citation information USMC 101936: Activities on USS Gilbert Islands. (AVN-16-184; R-5-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1077 Marine Corps Library Number 0902-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-184; R-5-7; V.2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 101936 Decade 1940 Date 1945-06-25 Description VMF-512 Pilots in briefing room, showing and discussing flight paths on maps. Shellback/King Neptune ceremony as ship crosses the equator. Officer's party with baseball on the beach on Samar Island. Aerial shots of convoy and island. F4U Corsairs landing on deck. Location(s) Samar Island Camera crew Bushnell; Blunk; Davidge Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed June 25th through early July, 1945. 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 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 04/10/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 11:27 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II