USMC 104125: Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104125: Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) Citation information USMC 104125: Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111). (R-2-2; AVN-16-165.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1079 Marine Corps Library Number 2679-16 Additional identifiers R-2-2; AVN-16-165 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104125 Decade 1940 Date 1945-08-01 Description Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) on August 1, 1945 in the Northern Mariana Islands. A man bathes in the laundry machine. Patients rest in bed, have wounds inspected, and play checkers. Corpsmen carry patients via stretchers in hallways. Doctors operate on a patient. Staging of sequences suggest material intended for a specific production. Location(s) Northern Mariana Islands Camera crew Bostwick Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Filmed on August 1, 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 359 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 07/09/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 9:59 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II WWII