USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island
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Item Description
Title
USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island
Citation information
USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island. (P-1808; AVN-16-66; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/844
Marine Corps Library Number
0811-16
Additional identifiers
P-1808; AVN-16-66; R-2-3; V.2
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101775
Decade
1940
Date
1945-03-18
Description
Planes loaded, including TBMs and F4Us, onto carrier using cranes. Gun crews practice shooting from side of the ship, and a practice firing sleeve falls from the air into the water. Oahu, Navy band, and another ship, USS Ormsby (APA-49), is seen from the deck of the ship. Men ride on pilot ship and walk around the deck. Sgt Isadore B. Green (Atlantic City, NJ), Cpl W. L. Guy (Dayton, Ohio), and PFC J. C. Stabile (Brooklyn, NY), crew members, are all shown.
Location(s)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Oahu (Hawaii)
Camera crew
Veith; Moriarty; Mitch
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed March 18th-27th, 1945.
Air Group
MAG-1
Squadron
CASD-1
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
390
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
03/26/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
12:04
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island
Citation information
USMC 101775: Loading USS Block Island. (P-1808; AVN-16-66; R-2-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/844
Marine Corps Library Number
0811-16
Additional identifiers
P-1808; AVN-16-66; R-2-3; V.2
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101775
Decade
1940
Date
1945-03-18
Description
Planes loaded, including TBMs and F4Us, onto carrier using cranes. Gun crews practice shooting from side of the ship, and a practice firing sleeve falls from the air into the water. Oahu, Navy band, and another ship, USS Ormsby (APA-49), is seen from the deck of the ship. Men ride on pilot ship and walk around the deck. Sgt Isadore B. Green (Atlantic City, NJ), Cpl W. L. Guy (Dayton, Ohio), and PFC J. C. Stabile (Brooklyn, NY), crew members, are all shown.
Location(s)
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii); Oahu (Hawaii)
Camera crew
Veith; Moriarty; Mitch
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed March 18th-27th, 1945.
Air Group
MAG-1
Squadron
CASD-1
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
390
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
03/26/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
12:04
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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