USMC 101869: Sandbags and mortars at Con Thien

Item Description
Title
USMC 101869: Sandbags and mortars at Con Thien

Citation information
USMC 101869: Sandbags and mortars at Con Thien. (FA-16-11-67; R-1-4.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
01/3146

Marine Corps Library Number
3116-16

Additional identifiers
FA-16-11-67; R-1-4

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101869

Decade
1960

Date
1967-05-13

Description
Supply paradrops from planes, some hidden by smoke bombs. Marines, including African Americans, fill sandbags. Mortar crews fire. US Army Col. Eleazar Parmly consults with a Marine Recon officer and others. Conventional and napalm strikes outside the perimeter.

Location(s)
Con Thien (Vietnam)

Camera crew
F. C. Beeney

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Filmed May 13th and 14th, 1967.

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
390

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
08/03/2019

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

Digital runtime
13:06

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War