USMC 100614: Marine tank operations in South Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100614: Marine tank operations in South Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100614: Marine tank operations in South Vietnam. (p-6718 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3002/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P-6718

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100614

Decade
1960

Description
Footage shows what appear to be M48 Patton tanks Alpha Company and Marines in Vietnam. Scenes include transport and patrol in tanks and on foot, as well as Marines digging out a tank stuck in the mud and struggling to move tanks over muddy terrain.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Probably filmed between 1965 and 1975.

Division
1st Division


Battalion
1st Tank Battalion


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
100

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
07/25/2018

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

Digital runtime
03:02

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War