USMC 102232: Flight activities on USS Block Island including gun camera footage

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102232: Flight activities on USS Block Island including gun camera footage Citation information USMC 102232: Flight activities on USS Block Island including gun camera footage. (AVN-16-105; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 11/3942 Marine Corps Library Number 1259-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-105; R-2-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102232 Decade 1940 Date 1945-05-10 Description Activities on USS Block Island (CVE-21). Breeches buoy transfer of Lt. Byron L. Cook, who was picked up by USS Lardner (DD-487). Men load rockets onto planes. Col. Dobbin in F4U, Maj. Maze in F4U, and Capt. Berry in TBM. Mechanics look at planes. Gun camera footage of plane strafing and aerials of islands. Location(s) Okinawa Camera crew E. Veith (SSgt); Mitchell Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed May 10th and 11th, 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 191 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 5:20 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II