USMC 102239: Pilots and crews on USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102239: Pilots and crews on USS Block Island Citation information USMC 102239: Pilots and crews on USS Block Island. (AVN-16-106; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1005 Marine Corps Library Number 1268-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-106; R-1-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102239 Decade 1940 Date 1945-04-30 Description Flight activities on USS Block Island (CVE-21). Shots of pilots and crew members, including Cpl M. T. Civitello, Capt E. H. Hollis, SSt M. C. Cunningham, SSgt Roy E. Smith, 2nd Lt Henry E. Gabriels, Kasprazak, TSgt James W. Herndon, and Capt R. W. Johnson.SSgt Edward P. Kelleher and Robert E. Calloway talk by plane. LtCmdr A. V. Dennison uses sextant. Adm Durgin talks with Capt Hughes. Shots of LCT loaded with bombs. Location(s) Okinawa Camera crew Moriarty; Mitchell; Veith Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed April 30th and May 2nd, 1945. Air Group MASG-48 Squadron VMF-511 VMTB-233 CASD-1 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 400 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 10:08 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II