USMC 102387: MASG-48 flight operations on USS Cape Gloucester

Description: Item Description 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