USMC 100694: Bo Thong-Tin of Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100694: Bo Thong-Tin of Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100694: Bo Thong-Tin of Vietnam . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3202/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100694

Decade
1950

Description
Bo Thong-Tin in Vietnam provides a general review of the Vietnamese people set to traditional music. Scenes include visuals of the countryside and in town (including a newsstand and a movie theater) and of various customs and activities, including school and church, farming and riding the bus, all set to background music. The film also shows Vietnamese troops riding mechanized equipment an extensive agricultural scenes.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Film date (note)
Filmed between 1956 and 1959.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
420

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
Content may be protected by copyright. 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
08/30/2018

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

Digital runtime
12:00

Digital file type
video/H264