USMC 102330: Flight activities on USS Block Island

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