USMC 102377: Flight activities on USS Gilbert Islands

Item Description
Title
USMC 102377: Flight activities on USS Gilbert Islands

Citation information
USMC 102377: Flight activities on USS Gilbert Islands. (AVN-16-151; R-5-7.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1010

Marine Corps Library Number
1350-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-151; R-5-7

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102377

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-18

Description
Wrecked F6F (photo recon) flown by Captain Sharpe on deck of USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) and men trying to flip it over. Shots of F4Us moving on deck, signals from another carrier, and compass. Aerials of convoy, including carriers, battleships,destroyers, and landing craft in harbor at Leyte and Samar Island.

Location(s)
Leyte Gulf (Philippines); Samar Island

Camera crew
Bushnell

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed June 18th-22nd, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-2


Squadron
VMF-512


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
330

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
10/18/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:11

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II