USMC 102324: Flight Activities on USS Cape Gloucester

Item Description
Title
USMC 102324: Flight Activities on USS Cape Gloucester

Citation information
USMC 102324: Flight Activities on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-138; R-2-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/624

Marine Corps Library Number
1321-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-138; R-2-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102324

Decade
1940

Date
1945-6-01

Description
F4Us and TBMs on deck of the USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) and flying. A stripped F4U is pushed over side. Bombs are moved around deck. Shots of Marines (F.W. Helm, M.C. Elhoes, M.S. Huminski, and R.G. Benson) in sleeping quarters and called to flight quarters. Cpl. L.W. Wyatt cleans space.

Location(s)
Okinawa

Camera crew
August, J.S.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed June 1st-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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Digital runtime
9:45

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II