USMC 102479: Fire fighting and USS Block Island flight activity

Item Description
Title
USMC 102479: Fire fighting and USS Block Island flight activity

Citation information
USMC 102479: Fire fighting and USS Block Island flight activity. (AVN-16-168; R-19-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/3912

Marine Corps Library Number
1402-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-19-83

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102479

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-06

Description
Two different sequences on reel. Marines train for fire fighting and work with hose. F6Fs, F4Us, and TBMs take off on deck of USS Block Island (CVE-106) signaled by LSOs. Boat picks up target plane. Shots of sailors watching planes fly by ship.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
DeRycke

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 6th and 7th, 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
10/26/2019

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

Digital runtime
8:10

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II