USMC 100416: "Pacific milk run"

Item Description
Title
USMC 100416: "Pacific milk run"

Citation information
USMC 100416: ""Pacific milk run"" . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
USMC 100416

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100416

Decade
1940

Description
Day in the life account of VMSB-341 based in the Solomons flying Douglass SBD Dauntless dive bombers. The film focuses on the fate of one SBD, "Hot Tamale." After the mission, crews repair and refit the planes while the aircrews play baseball and drink beer.

Location(s)
Solomon Islands.

Producing entity
(Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed in 1943 or 1944.

Squadron
VMSB-341


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
530

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
04/30/2018

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

Digital runtime
17:18

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II