USMC 102389: Flight and fuel on USS Cape Gloucester
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Item Description
Title
USMC 102389: Flight and fuel on USS Cape Gloucester
Citation information
USMC 102389: Flight and fuel on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-158; R-2-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1149
Marine Corps Library Number
1358-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-158; R-2-7
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102389
Decade
1940
Date
1945-07-02
Description
F4U flown by Capt. Howard C. Fitzpatrick lands on deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) and crashes into barrier. Pilot is helped out of plane. F4U flown by Lt. Phil Fuller lands, is greeted and cheered by Lt. Sullivan and Capt. R. H. Dudley and others for first kill. Lt. W. A. Gates lands smoking F4U and us greeted by Maj. C. E. McLean. Shots of men on surfboards. Buoy line mail bag transfer of film and refuel between carrier and USS Cache (AO-67), and Marines and sailors watch.
Location(s)
East China Sea
Camera crew
DeRycke; Rubalcava
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed July 2nd-6th, 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
Squadron
VMF-351
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
350
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
10/22/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
10:31
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 102389: Flight and fuel on USS Cape Gloucester
Citation information
USMC 102389: Flight and fuel on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-158; R-2-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1149
Marine Corps Library Number
1358-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-158; R-2-7
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102389
Decade
1940
Date
1945-07-02
Description
F4U flown by Capt. Howard C. Fitzpatrick lands on deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) and crashes into barrier. Pilot is helped out of plane. F4U flown by Lt. Phil Fuller lands, is greeted and cheered by Lt. Sullivan and Capt. R. H. Dudley and others for first kill. Lt. W. A. Gates lands smoking F4U and us greeted by Maj. C. E. McLean. Shots of men on surfboards. Buoy line mail bag transfer of film and refuel between carrier and USS Cache (AO-67), and Marines and sailors watch.
Location(s)
East China Sea
Camera crew
DeRycke; Rubalcava
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed July 2nd-6th, 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
Squadron
VMF-351
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
350
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
10/22/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
10:31
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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