USMC 102445: Flight activities on USS Block Island

Description: Item Description Title USMC 102445: Flight activities on USS Block Island Citation information USMC 102445: Flight activities on USS Block Island. (AVN-16-168; R-5-83; P-3342.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/4001 Marine Corps Library Number 1390-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168; R-5-83; P-3342; v.1 MIRC inventory no. USMC 102445 Decade 1940 Date 1945-06-05 Description Multiple sequences on reel. Shots of F6Fs and TBMs on deck of USS Block Island (CVE-106) taking off and landing. Shots of pilots in cockpit, including Ploen, Crone, Wagner, Jones, Sparkman, McFadden, Chanfrau, and Berge. Shots of wrecked TBM lowered into water and sailors working on lines from raft. Jeep moved onto carrier, and carrier moved out of San Diego harbor by tugboat USS Pocahontas (YTB-266). Location(s) San Diego (Calif.) Camera crew Davidge; Thompson Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Sequences all filmed in 1945. Air Wing MAW-2 Air Group MASG-48 MCVG-1 Squadron VMF-511 VMTB-233 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 10/24/2019 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:14 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II