USMC 104677: ""The Big Picture: the Fight for Vietnam""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104677: ""The Big Picture: the Fight for Vietnam"" Citation information USMC 104677: ""The Big Picture: the Fight for Vietnam"". (00006.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 03/782 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers 00006 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104677 Decade 1970 Description An episode of the U. S. Army television series, THE BIG PICTURE. The episode provides an overview of the background leading to U. S. involvement in Vietnam. In addition to stressing on the U. S. Army�s training and advisory capabilities, the film also covers the training and operations of the South Vietnamese army, navy and air force. The collaboration between American advisors and South Vietnamese forces is a focus of the film as are the civic action teams. Staged sequences are intermixed with actuality films. Location(s) Vietnam Camera crew Army Pictorial Center Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Public relations Squadron HMR-352 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Postive Original physical length 1050 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 05/02/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 28:40 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War