USMC 102375: Escort carrier activities in the South Pacific
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Item Description
Title
USMC 102375: Escort carrier activities in the South Pacific
Citation information
USMC 102375: Escort carrier activities in the South Pacific. (AVN-16-152; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1148
Marine Corps Library Number
1353-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-152; R-2-3
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102375
Decade
1940
Date
1945-06-04
Description
Multiple sequences on reel. Shots of planes landing on carrier deck, including TBMs and F4Us. Men work on F4Us and attach rockets. Sailors manage mail. Men take ship towards unnamed beach, and pass local civilian craft on the way. King Neptune/Shellback ceremony on board carrier. Aerial gun camera footage of strafing on Borneo, including in woods and vehicles on roads. Aerials of convoy.
Location(s)
Balikpapan (Borneo, Indonesia)
Camera crew
Veith; Mitchell; MarCASD-1
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed throughout June and early July 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
400
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
10:25
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 102375: Escort carrier activities in the South Pacific
Citation information
USMC 102375: Escort carrier activities in the South Pacific. (AVN-16-152; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1148
Marine Corps Library Number
1353-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-152; R-2-3
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102375
Decade
1940
Date
1945-06-04
Description
Multiple sequences on reel. Shots of planes landing on carrier deck, including TBMs and F4Us. Men work on F4Us and attach rockets. Sailors manage mail. Men take ship towards unnamed beach, and pass local civilian craft on the way. King Neptune/Shellback ceremony on board carrier. Aerial gun camera footage of strafing on Borneo, including in woods and vehicles on roads. Aerials of convoy.
Location(s)
Balikpapan (Borneo, Indonesia)
Camera crew
Veith; Mitchell; MarCASD-1
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed throughout June and early July 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
400
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
10:25
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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