USMC 102441: Pilot Activities on USS Vella Gulf

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102441: Pilot Activities on USS Vella Gulf Citation information USMC 102441: Pilot Activities on USS Vella Gulf. (AVN-16-168; R-2-83; v.1.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/3934 Marine Corps Library Number 1387-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168; R-2-83; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102441 Decade 1940 Date 1945-4-12 Description Shots of Marine pilots and others in ready room of USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) on recreation, playing ping pong, poker, and reading magazine. One officer with a dog gets coffee and sandwich from African American Marine. Pilots discuss plane models in ready room. Location(s) Unknown Camera crew Bostwick; Williamson, F.G. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed April 12th and 13th, 1945. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MASG-48 MCVG-3 Squadron VMTB-234 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 400 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. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 10/18/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:55 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II