USMC 102435: USS Cape Gloucester in convoy at Okinawa

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102435: USS Cape Gloucester in convoy at Okinawa Citation information USMC 102435: USS Cape Gloucester in convoy at Okinawa. (AVN-16-167; R-5-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1162 Marine Corps Library Number 1384-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-167; R-5-6; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102435 Decade 1940 Date 1945-07-21 Description Shots of ships shelling Okinawa, in Nakagusuku (Buckner) Bay, and leaving Okinawa. On USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109), Marines and sailors stand in formation as Lt. Phil Fuller receives air medal from Adm. Durgins. Shots of Marines, including Silver, watching convoy. Shots of signaling and submarine nets in water. Location(s) East China Sea; Okinawa Camera crew Rubalcava Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed on July 21st and 22nd, 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 10/22/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:56 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II