USMC 102378: USS Block Island activities in the South Pacific

Item Description
Title
USMC 102378: USS Block Island activities in the South Pacific

Citation information
USMC 102378: USS Block Island activities in the South Pacific. (AVN-16-152; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1147

Marine Corps Library Number
1352-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-152; R-1-3

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102378

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-16

Description
Multiple sequences on reel. Aerials of TBMs flying and land (Borneo) including ammo flashes in the woods. Shots of King Neptune/Shellback ceremony on UFF Block Island (CVE-106). Marines on land with civilian child and TBM with flat tire.

Location(s)
Balikpapan (Borneo, Indonesia)

Camera crew
Moriarty

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed June 16th-July 4th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-1


Squadron
CASD-1
VMTB-233


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
410

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
10:52

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II