USMC 100632: Kit Carson Scouts Training, Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100632: Kit Carson Scouts Training, Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100632: Kit Carson Scouts Training, Vietnam . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3035/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100632

Decade
1960

Date
1968

Description
Film follows ""Chieu Hoi"" training, where former Viet Cong soldiers train to become intelligence scouts, or ""Kit Carson Scouts"" with US Marines and Infantry in South Vietnam. Footage shows new Kit Carson Scouts going though health checks, receiving uniforms, training with rifles, patrolling villages, speaking with civilians and identifying a hidden Viet Cong grenade.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

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
08/07/2018

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

Digital runtime
2:41

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War