USMC 102431: Marine activities on USS Cape Gloucester
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Item Description
Title
USMC 102431: Marine activities on USS Cape Gloucester
Citation information
USMC 102431: Marine activities on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-167; R-2-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1160
Marine Corps Library Number
1382-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-167; R-2-6; v.1
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102431
Decade
1940
Date
1945-07-10
Description
Marines receive and give awards on deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Sailors, including Richards, raise church flag. Shots of convoy signaling and leaving Okinawa, including USS Saint Louis (CL-49) and USS Salt Lake City (CL-25). Destroyers fire at island. F4Us are catapulted off deck, and Lt Vogle of VMF-351 gets out of F4U after shooting down Japanese plane.
Location(s)
East China Sea; Okinawa
Camera crew
J. S. August; DeRycke
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed July 10th-23rd, 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
Squadron
VMF-351
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
328
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
10/19/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
9:00
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 102431: Marine activities on USS Cape Gloucester
Citation information
USMC 102431: Marine activities on USS Cape Gloucester. (AVN-16-167; R-2-6.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/1160
Marine Corps Library Number
1382-16
Additional identifiers
AVN-16-167; R-2-6; v.1
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102431
Decade
1940
Date
1945-07-10
Description
Marines receive and give awards on deck of USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109). Sailors, including Richards, raise church flag. Shots of convoy signaling and leaving Okinawa, including USS Saint Louis (CL-49) and USS Salt Lake City (CL-25). Destroyers fire at island. F4Us are catapulted off deck, and Lt Vogle of VMF-351 gets out of F4U after shooting down Japanese plane.
Location(s)
East China Sea; Okinawa
Camera crew
J. S. August; DeRycke
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed July 10th-23rd, 1945.
Air Wing
MAW-2
Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-4
Squadron
VMF-351
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
328
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
10/19/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
9:00
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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