USMC 101737: Carrier activities on USS Block Island (CVE-106)

Item Description
Title
USMC 101737: Carrier activities on USS Block Island (CVE-106)

Citation information
USMC 101737: Carrier activities on USS Block Island (CVE-106). (AVN-16-98; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/967

Marine Corps Library Number
0792-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-98; R-1-3; V.2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101737

Decade
1940

Date
1945-05

Description
Buoy-line transfer of mail between ships. USS Sangamon (CVE-26) is shown with wrecked deck. F4Us, TBMs, and F6Fs shown on deck and landing. TBM pilots and crew is shown. Signal officer directs planes for landing. Gun crews, Marines refueling planes, and resting.

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Mitchell; Moriarty

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Air Group
MASG-48


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
350

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
07/31/2019

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

Digital runtime
11:19

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II