USMC 100451: "The Refugees"
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Item Description
Title
USMC 100451: "The Refugees"
Citation information
USMC 100451: "The Refugees". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
03/805
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
MH 10476
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100451
Decade
1960
Description
Edited and narrated film instructing Marines on how to treat refugees they encounter in Vietnam as part of the U.S. Military's Civic Action Program. The film specifically highlights Marines' duty to provide assistance, protection, and transportation to Vietnamese refugees until they can be safely relocated to collection centers, where the government of the Republic of Vietnam will provide immediate needs such as food, temporary housing, medical care, schools, and more.
Location(s)
Vietnam.
Camera crew
CWO J.J. Connolly (Director); COL D.P. Wyckoff (Technical advisor); GySgt Joe Skymba (Camera operator); GySgt Thompson (Assistant camera operator); Sgt J. Smith (Assistant camera operator); SSgt Dewey L. Dodson Jr. (Editor); MSgt Mel S. Lerman (Sound & music editor); John Flynn (Narrator); Blaine Chamberlain (Recording & dubbing); Jack McCarthy (Recording & dubbing)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed in the 1960s.
Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Original color
Color
Original audio
Sound
Original gauge
Film: 16mm
Original generation
Positive
Original physical length
500
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
05/21/2018
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
14:27
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Vietnam War
Title
USMC 100451: "The Refugees"
Citation information
USMC 100451: "The Refugees". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
03/805
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
MH 10476
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100451
Decade
1960
Description
Edited and narrated film instructing Marines on how to treat refugees they encounter in Vietnam as part of the U.S. Military's Civic Action Program. The film specifically highlights Marines' duty to provide assistance, protection, and transportation to Vietnamese refugees until they can be safely relocated to collection centers, where the government of the Republic of Vietnam will provide immediate needs such as food, temporary housing, medical care, schools, and more.
Location(s)
Vietnam.
Camera crew
CWO J.J. Connolly (Director); COL D.P. Wyckoff (Technical advisor); GySgt Joe Skymba (Camera operator); GySgt Thompson (Assistant camera operator); Sgt J. Smith (Assistant camera operator); SSgt Dewey L. Dodson Jr. (Editor); MSgt Mel S. Lerman (Sound & music editor); John Flynn (Narrator); Blaine Chamberlain (Recording & dubbing); Jack McCarthy (Recording & dubbing)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed in the 1960s.
Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Original color
Color
Original audio
Sound
Original gauge
Film: 16mm
Original generation
Positive
Original physical length
500
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
05/21/2018
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
14:27
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Vietnam War
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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