USMC 104122: Activities aboard the USS Vella Gulf

Item Description
Title
USMC 104122: Activities aboard the USS Vella Gulf

Citation information
USMC 104122: Activities aboard the USS Vella Gulf. (AVN-16-65; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1082

Marine Corps Library Number
2678-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-65; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104122

Decade
1940

Date
1945-07-25

Description
Activities aboard the USS Vella Gulf on July 25-30, 1945 during air strikes against Japanese positions in the Northern Mariana Islands. F4Us and TBMs land on the flight deck. F4Us and TBMs fly overhead. Marines and sailors browse the ship library. Pilots discuss flight plans. A Marine uses communication equipment. Pilots sit in a ready room. A chalkboard has the following names written on it: Dobbins, King, Dezzinger, Watts, Seiss, Dearborn, Hall, and Rosecrans.

Location(s)
Northern Mariana Islands

Camera crew
Bostwick

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed July 25-30, 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
402

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
7/9/2021

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

Digital runtime
11:11

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II