USMC 102396: F4Us on USS Cape Gloucester

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102396: F4Us on USS Cape Gloucester Citation information USMC 102396: F4Us on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-156; R-7-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1154 Marine Corps Library Number 1363-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-156; R-7-7 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102396 Decade 1940 Date 1945-07-02 Description F4Us and pilots make landings on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Lt. Gates makes emergency landing on deck with smoking F4U. Capt. Fitzpatrick is on deck with crashed F4U. Lt. Fuller lands after first kill and is greeted by many men, including Sullivan. He talks about kills with Capt. Harris, Cmdr. Bankert and Maj. McLean. Capt. Ross makes 1000th landing on deck. F6Fs land. Location(s) East China Sea Camera crew J. S. August Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed July 2nd-7th, 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 375 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 08/22/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:10 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II