USMC 102217: USS Block Island and other ships off Okinawa

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102217: USS Block Island and other ships off Okinawa Citation information USMC 102217: USS Block Island and other ships off Okinawa. (AVN-16-98; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/2883 Marine Corps Library Number 1240-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-98; R-2-3 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102217 Decade 1940 Date 1945-5-06 Description Sgt. A. Thompson and Sgt. Lyle L. Louis work on TBMs on deck of USS Block Island (CVE-21). Pfc. Don T. Ingles and Corp. James R. Jackson play cards on wing of PBM. Tanker, USS Merrimack (AO-37) refuels carrier, while Sgts James Earl and Leroy F. Reese watch. Mail transferred across buoy line, along with sailor Trewwhitt. Pilots Brown, Chupka, Staff Sgt. Ben Cannon, 2nd Lt. Jack MArconi, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Surovey talk to camera. Signal officer works flags. Location(s) Okinawa Camera crew Moriarty; Mitchell Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed May 6th-9th, 1945. 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 09/17/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:50 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II