USMC 102387: MASG-48 flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester
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Title
USMC 102387: MASG-48 flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester
Citation information
USMC 102387: MASG-48 flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-156; R-3-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1150
Marine Corps Library Number
1359-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-156; R-3-7
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102387
Decade
1940
Date
1945-07-04
Description
TBMs and F4Us take off from deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Marines sit on edge of deck and watch USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) underway. F4Us and TBMs land on deck, and Cpl. Johnson directs planes off runway. One F4U wrecks on deck after missing arresting cables. Fitzpatrick, the pilot, is helped out, and plane and parts are moved out of the way. Barrier is repaired in rain.
Location(s)
East China Sea
Camera crew
Rubalcava
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed July 4th and 5th, 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
Squadron
VMF-351
VMTB-132
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
361
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
9:48
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 102387: MASG-48 flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester
Citation information
USMC 102387: MASG-48 flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-156; R-3-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1150
Marine Corps Library Number
1359-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-156; R-3-7
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102387
Decade
1940
Date
1945-07-04
Description
TBMs and F4Us take off from deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Marines sit on edge of deck and watch USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) underway. F4Us and TBMs land on deck, and Cpl. Johnson directs planes off runway. One F4U wrecks on deck after missing arresting cables. Fitzpatrick, the pilot, is helped out, and plane and parts are moved out of the way. Barrier is repaired in rain.
Location(s)
East China Sea
Camera crew
Rubalcava
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed July 4th and 5th, 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
Squadron
VMF-351
VMTB-132
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
361
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
9:48
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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