USMC 102419: Flight and photo activities on USS Cape Gloucester

Item Description
Title
USMC 102419: Flight and photo activities on USS Cape Gloucester

Citation information
USMC 102419: Flight and photo activities on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-166; P-3541; R-2-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1157

Marine Corps Library Number
1376-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-166; P-3541; R-2-5; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102419

Decade
1940

Date
1945-07-28

Description
Shots of F4Us, a F6F, TBMs moving around, landing, and taking off from deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109), including TBMs going on strike mission. Shots below deck, including sailor sealing hatch after call for General Quarters, Lt. Pundt and Lt. Naylor talking, and members of the photo lab working.

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 on July 28th and 29th, 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
390

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
10/29/2019

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
10:20

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II