USMC 102304: Pilots and crew on USS Block Island

Item Description
Title
USMC 102304: Pilots and crew on USS Block Island

Citation information
USMC 102304: Pilots and crew on USS Block Island. (AVN-16-85; R-3-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/489

Marine Corps Library Number
1294-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-85; R-3-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102304

Decade
1940

Date
1945-04-27

Description
Pilots and crew of CASD-1 and VMTB-233 on USS Block Island (CVE-106). These include 2nd Lt. Charles D. Eash, T. G. Chandler, Sgt. Douglas G. Thornburgh, Mason, 2nd Lt. William J. Schroth Jr., Sgt. Henry L. Spain, Sgt. Edward G. VanCleve, Sgt. Myron J. Calvert, and 2nd Lt. Gerald L. Bayley.

Location(s)
Okinawa

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-1


Squadron
VMTB-233
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
50

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
09/28/2019

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

Digital runtime
2:50

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II