USMC 102375: Escort carrier activities in the South Pacific

Description: 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