USMC 102252: Flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester

Item Description
Title
USMC 102252: Flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester

Citation information
USMC 102252: Flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-114; R-3-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/963

Marine Corps Library Number
1271-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-114; R-3-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102252

Decade
1940

Date
1945-05-28

Description
F4Us and F6Fs land on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Sgt. James Pritchard (Fort Worth, TX) loads wing gun on plane and guns are cleaned. Seaman Edward VanKline cleans gun off ship deck. Shots of dog on a hammock.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Rubalcava

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4


Squadron
VMF-351


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
300

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
09/21/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
7:33

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II