USMC 104125: Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)

Item Description
Title
USMC 104125: Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111)

Citation information
USMC 104125: Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111). (R-2-2; AVN-16-165.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1079

Marine Corps Library Number
2679-16

Additional identifiers
R-2-2; AVN-16-165

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104125

Decade
1940

Date
1945-08-01

Description
Medical care aboard the USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) on August 1, 1945 in the Northern Mariana Islands. A man bathes in the laundry machine. Patients rest in bed, have wounds inspected, and play checkers. Corpsmen carry patients via stretchers in hallways. Doctors operate on a patient. Staging of sequences suggest material intended for a specific production.

Location(s)
Northern Mariana Islands

Camera crew
Bostwick

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed on August 1, 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
359

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
07/09/2021

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

Digital runtime
9:59

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II WWII