USMC 102437: Loading up USS Block Island

Item Description
Title
USMC 102437: Loading up USS Block Island

Citation information
USMC 102437: Loading up USS Block Island. (P-3299; AVN-16-168; R-3-83.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1163

Marine Corps Library Number
1388-16

Additional identifiers
P-3299; AVN-16-168; R-3-83; v.1

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 102437

Decade
1940

Date
1945-02-16

Description
USS Block Island (CVE-106) pulled by tugboat USS Pocahontas (YTB-266) and shots of pilot maneuvering tugboat. Bombs, F4Us, and other planes moved from wharf to USS Block Island.

Location(s)
San Diego (Calif.)

Camera crew
Moriarty

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed February 16th and March 17th and 18th, 1945.

Air Wing
MAW-2


Air Group
MASG-48
MCVG-1


Squadron
CASD-1
VMF-511


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
10/23/2019

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

Digital runtime
9:57

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II