USMC 102319: CASD-1 activities on USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102319: CASD-1 activities on USS Block Island Citation information USMC 102319: CASD-1 activities on USS Block Island. (AVN-16-136; R-3-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1002 Marine Corps Library Number 1319-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-136; R-3-3 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102319 Decade 1940 Date 1945-05-27 Description Shots of ships in distance from aboard USS Block Island (CVE-106). Man transferred via breeches buoy from destroyer escort to carrer. DE shoots at Japanese mine. TBMs and F6Fs land on deck, and pilots gather around planes. LSOs Lt. Jaskalakas and Joseph E. Vook direct. Marines and sailors in formation as Master Sgt. Henry W. Bushwitz receives award. Location(s) Okinawa Camera crew Mitchell; Moriarty Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed May 27th-June 4th, 1945. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MASG-48 MCVG-1 Squadron 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 310 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 10/01/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 8:03 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II