USMC 101954: Planes and inspection on CVE-107

Item Description
Title
USMC 101954: Planes and inspection on CVE-107

Citation information
USMC 101954: Planes and inspection on CVE-107. (AVN-16-186; R-1-5.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
11/3940

Marine Corps Library Number
0945-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-186; R-1-5

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101954

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-22

Description
F6Fs take off from USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107). Breeches bouy transfer of wounded on stretched from destroyer escort. Sailors and Marines of CASD-2 undergo inspection. Aerials from plane, including shots fired toward land.

Location(s)
Leyte Gulf (Philippines)

Camera crew
Blunk; Powers

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed late June and July 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MCVG-2
MASG-48


Squadron
CASD-2


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
400

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
08/15/2019

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

Digital runtime
12:06

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II