USMC 100462: Native American vets honored at Navajo Tribal Fair

Item Description
Title
USMC 100462: Native American vets honored at Navajo Tribal Fair

Citation information
USMC 100462: Native American vets honored at Navajo Tribal Fair. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P-995; R-2-2; A00322

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100462

Decade
1960

Date
1969-08-28

Description
Home movie depicting scenes from the 23rd Annual Navajo Tribal Fair (August 1969) in the Window Rock Tribal Park, Arizona. Native American "code talkers" who served in the U.S. Military are honored in parades and ceremonies, including Paul Jones (WWI), Jim Arviso (WWII), Lloyd House (Korea), and Jerry Smiley (Vietnam). Various tribes are featured throughout, as well as appearances by "Miss Navajo" and "Miss Indian America," and performances by the Hopi Indian Band and the Navajo Tribal Band.

Location(s)
Window Rock (Ariz.)

Military Grid Reference
12SXE76525033

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Amateur (home movies)

Film date (note)
Filmed between August 28th and 31st, 1969

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
250

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
06/04/2018

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

Digital runtime
10:35

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video