USMC 101140: Operations aboard the USS Block Island

Item Description
Title
USMC 101140: Operations aboard the USS Block Island

Citation information
USMC 101140: Operations aboard the USS Block Island. (AVN-16-168; R-63-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/786

Marine Corps Library Number
0190-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-63-83; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101140

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-03

Description
F4U Corsairs and F6F Hellcats land on USS Block Island (CVE-106) with arresting gear and take off from it. F6F loaded onto ship with crane, and pilots in planes. These include Maj. R. B. Porter, Capt. William Hogue, Lt. Edward J. Wallof, Lt. Troyer, and Lt. Pickering.

Location(s)
Naval Air Station North Island; San Diego (Calif.)

Camera crew
DeRycke; Wiegand

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 3rd-7th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MCVG-1
MASG-48


Squadron
VMF-511


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
300

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
02/12/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:57

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II