USMC 104113: Activity aboard the USS Cape Gloucester

Item Description
Title
USMC 104113: Activity aboard the USS Cape Gloucester

Citation information
USMC 104113: Activity aboard the USS Cape Gloucester. (R-4-4; AVN-16-114.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1001

Marine Corps Library Number
2672-16

Additional identifiers
R-4-4; AVN-16-114

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104113

Decade
1940

Date
1945-05-25

Description
Activity aboard the USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) on May 25-29, 1945 off the coast of Hawaii. Marines use sextants and communication equipment. Naval officers chat. Pilots stand on the flight deck. Soldiers operate fire guns. TBMs and F4Us land on the flight deck. A pilot parachutes from a plane. Footage of the USS Rhind (DD-404). Marines and sailors exercise on the flight deck. TBMs take off and land. A damaged TBM lands on the flight deck.

Location(s)
Hawaii

Camera crew
Ruby; J. S. August

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed May 25-29, 1945.

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
297

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
7/8/2021

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

Digital runtime
8:15

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II