USMC 102399: Flight activities on USS Vella Gulf

Item Description
Title
USMC 102399: Flight activities on USS Vella Gulf

Citation information
USMC 102399: Flight activities on USS Vella Gulf. (AVN-16-157; R-3-8.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1155

Marine Corps Library Number
1364-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-157; R-3-8

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102399

Decade
1940

Date
1945-06-12

Description
Shots of pilots in cockpits on USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) including Maj. Coln, Lt. Hall, Lt. Boswell, Maj. Bales, ant Lt. Derringer. Capt. Thomas R. Mutz writes letter. Pilots in ready room for briefing, including Lt. King, Lt. Hall, Lt. Watts, Capt. Montagne, Andrews, Dickerman, and Lt. Owen Lintway. LSO critique.

Location(s)
Okinawa

Camera crew
Link; Bostwick

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed throughout June and July, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-3


Squadron
VMTB-234


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
350

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
9:08

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II