USMC 101513: Anti-sub school and USS Block Island departure

Item Description
Title
USMC 101513: Anti-sub school and USS Block Island departure

Citation information
USMC 101513: Anti-sub school and USS Block Island departure. (AVN-16-168; R-61-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/858

Marine Corps Library Number
0633-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-61-83; v.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101513

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-19

Description
TBMs from VMTB-132 (from USS Cape Gloucester, CVE-106) practice bombing submarines in the water below. USS Block Island (CVE-106) departs from San Diego. African American sailors let ship loose from dock, and tug boat takes ship out. Shots of sailors and F4Us aboard.

Location(s)
San Diego (Calif.)

Camera crew
DeRycke

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 19th and 20th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
MCVG-1


Squadron
VMTB-132


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
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
06/10/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:28

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II