USMC 100492: Carrier operations on board Cape Gloucester, 1945

Item Description
Title
USMC 100492: Carrier operations on board Cape Gloucester, 1945

Citation information
USMC 100492: Carrier operations on board Cape Gloucester, 1945. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1083

Marine Corps Library Number
1370-16

Additional identifiers
USMC 100492

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100492, AVN-16-158; R-1-4

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-07

Description
USMC pilot Lt. Fuller arrives safely back at the escort carrier, USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109), after downing his first enemy plane. The crew of CVE-109 celebrates the ship's first combat victory and Lt. Fuller is presented with an Air Medal. Film also features aerial views of ships providing shore bombardment on Okinawa. Film concludes with Marines throwing lines to a tanker ship, which comes alongside.

Location(s)
East China Sea

Camera crew
Gaunt; Rubalcava

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed on June 7, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4


Squadron
VMF-351


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
354

Original aspect ratio
1.33:1 (full frame silent)

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
06/07/2018

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

Digital runtime
12:03

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video