USMC 102321: Planes on USS Cape Gloucester

Item Description
Title
USMC 102321: Planes on USS Cape Gloucester

Citation information
USMC 102321: Planes on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-138; R-1-2.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1003

Marine Corps Library Number
1320-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-138; R-1-2

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102321

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-01

Description
Planes and activities on USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). TBMs and F4Us land on deck. Crew briefing. Drone plane launched for target practice. F6F moved around carrier and dropped into ocean. Wounded assisted. Smoke bomb discharged over water. Lt. Poe is one Marine that is shown.

Location(s)
Okinawa

Camera crew
Rubalcava; Gaunt

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed June 1st-8th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4


Squadron
VMF-351
VMTB-132


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
08/23/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:47

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II