USMC 102499: VMTB-143 training

Item Description
Title
USMC 102499: VMTB-143 training

Citation information
USMC 102499: VMTB-143 training. (AVN-16-168; R-30-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/3895

Marine Corps Library Number
1412-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-30-83

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102499

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-15

Description
Multiple events. F4Us and TBMs of MAG-48 take off and land at Goleta Field. In dense wooded area, a Marine uses a flamethrower on an unidentifiable target. Gun camera footage shows attacks on ships (including a submarine with hull number 23) and an unidentified island. Followed by content showing VMTB-143 in Anti-Submarine Warfare School training against target skids.

Location(s)
Goleta Air Station

Camera crew
Gaunt; Moriarty; Veith

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 15th and 16th, 1945.

Air Group
MAG-48


Squadron
VMTB-143


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
09/24/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:09

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II