USMC 104137: Marine aviation training and Fire Fighting school

Item Description
Title
USMC 104137: Marine aviation training and Fire Fighting school

Citation information
USMC 104137: Marine aviation training and Fire Fighting school. (AVN-16-168A; R-2-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/1565

Marine Corps Library Number
2685-16

Additional identifiers
AVN-16-168A; R-2-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104137

Decade
1940

Date
1945-01-07

Description
Two disparate items on reel. The first show fire fighting training in San Pedro (dated March 23rd). The second dates from January and May 1945. In January, an unidentified F4U squadron trains for a mission while still at Goleta and is then at sea aboard USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) that May.

Location(s)
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.); Pacific Ocean; Goleta (Calif.); Goleta Air Station

Camera crew
Williamson; Hayes, H. A.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed at various times including January, March and May 1945.

Air Group
CASD-3


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
380

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
07/12/2021

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

Digital runtime
10:42

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
World War II WWII