USMC 100904: Marines and other soldiers arrive in Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100904: Marines and other soldiers arrive in Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100904: Marines and other soldiers arrive in Vietnam. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/469/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100904

Decade
1960

Description
Marines and South Vietnamese soldiers moving out from LVTP-5s. Scene changes to show a lieutenant general with South Vietnamese military officer on board a U.S. naval vessel. Officers greet each other, and the lieutenant general climbs aboard a Huey helicopter. Scene changes again to show a mix of Vietnamese civilian US and foreign military on beach. Note: not all scenes may be related.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed 1959 or later.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
150

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
10/31/2018

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

Digital runtime
2:00

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War