USMC 104137: Marine aviation training and Fire Fighting school

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104137: Marine aviation training and Fire Fighting school Citation information USMC 104137: Marine aviation training and Fire Fighting school. (AVN-16-168A; R-2-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 01/1565 Marine Corps Library Number 2685-16 Additional identifiers AVN-16-168A; R-2-4 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104137 Decade 1940 Date 1945-01-07 Description Two disparate items on reel. The first show fire fighting training in San Pedro (dated March 23rd). The second dates from January and May 1945. In January, an unidentified F4U squadron trains for a mission while still at Goleta and is then at sea aboard USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) that May. Location(s) San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.); Pacific Ocean; Goleta (Calif.); Goleta Air Station Camera crew Williamson; Hayes, H. A. Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed at various times including January, March and May 1945. Air Group CASD-3 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 380 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 07/12/2021 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 10:42 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords World War II WWII