USMC 100623: Cardinal Spellman Visits Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100623: Cardinal Spellman Visits Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100623: Cardinal Spellman Visits Vietnam . (P-578 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3030/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
P-578

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100623

Decade
1960

Date
1966-12

Description
Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York visits Marines in Vietnam. Spellman is greeted as he arrives by car to perform an open-air mass. Marines, civilians and Vietnamese members of religious orders participate in the mass. Afterwards, Spellman blesses the personal crucifix of a Marine.

Location(s)
Vietnam.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Probably filmed in December 1966.

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
05/27/2025

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K

Digital runtime
2:52

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War