USMC 101696: Pilots on USS Gilbert Islands

Item Description
Title
USMC 101696: Pilots on USS Gilbert Islands

Citation information
USMC 101696: Pilots on USS Gilbert Islands. (AVN-16-168; R-74-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/870 V.1

Marine Corps Library Number
758-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168; R-74-83

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101696

Decade
1940

Date
1945-03-01

Description
TBM lands on USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107). Men work to stop TBM from tipping over edge of carrier. Shots of Marine officers and NCOs are shown including Capt Webb, Capt Marshall Tutton (LSO), Capt Arthur Patterson, Capt Worlund, Capt. William Sharpe, Maj Elton Mueller, Lt Montgomery, Lt Jackson, Lt Githens, Lt Faull, Lt Knickelbein, Lt Lally, Lt Liebeich, Capt John Fidler (LSO), Lt Brundage, Lt Hay, SSgt George Adams, SSgt Edward Martin, Lt Misamore, and Lt Leidecker. F4Us are moved on deck.

Location(s)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)

Camera crew
Whitney; J. S. August; Hampton; Link; Bostwick

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed March 1-9, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MCVG-2
MASG-48


Squadron
VMF-512
VMTB-143


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
380

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
07/30/2019

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

Digital runtime
10:51

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II

Sources

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