USMC 102389: Flight and fuel on USS Cape Gloucester

Description: 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