USMC 102330: Flight activities on USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102330: Flight activities on USS Block Island Citation information USMC 102330: Flight activities on USS Block Island. (AVN-16-133; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/998 Marine Corps Library Number 1311-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-133; R-1-2 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102330 Decade 1940 Date 1945-06-14 Description Shots of F4Us and F6Fs landing on the deck of USS Block Island (CVE-106) with men throwing parts that have fallen off planes overboard. Pistol shoot on deck. Shots of gun camera footage from CASD-1 straffing land. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Veith; Mitchell Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed June 14th-18th, 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 gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 275 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 10/17/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 7:45 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II