USMC 105255: Third Fleet Leaves Okinawa

Item Description
Title
USMC 105255: Third Fleet Leaves Okinawa

Citation information
USMC 105255: Third Fleet Leaves Okinawa. (HQ-16-538; R-6-8; 57-0300.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2047

Marine Corps Library Number
3246-16

Additional identifiers
HQ-16-538; R-6-8; 57-0300

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105255

Decade
1940

Date
1945-07-18

Description
Footage taken aboard the USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) shows ships of the Third Fleet leaving Okinawa. F4Us rest on deck. Marines sit side by side on deck to watch the fleet.

Location(s)
Okinawa (Japan)

Camera crew
August, J.S.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
400

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
07/01/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
11:45

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
WWII World War II