USMC 104110: Crashes on carrier

Item Description
Title
USMC 104110: Crashes on carrier

Citation information
USMC 104110: Crashes on carrier. (AVN-16-71; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/914

Marine Corps Library Number
2667-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-71; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104110

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-31

Description
Carrier on its way to Hawaii. Tracers fired at catapulted target plane. F4U sinks in water with rescue boat coming for pilot. F6F takes off and crashes into water. F6F crashes on flight deck. TBM crashes on flight deck and into the water. A wrecked TBM is dropped into ocean. Church services on deck.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Veith; Uribe

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 31st-April 5th, 1945.

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
335

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
08/23/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:19

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II