USMC 104680: Vietnam briefing Summer 1966

Item Description
Title
USMC 104680: Vietnam briefing Summer 1966

Citation information
USMC 104680: Vietnam briefing Summer 1966. (AFMR-659.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
04/868

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
AFMR-659

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104680

Decade
1960

Date
1966

Description
President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers a speech with military personnel behind him. A title card for ""Armed Forces Military Report: Vietnam Briefing Summer 1966"" appears. A group of Vietnamese people construct new buildings. A man in West Germany inspects boxes of medicine before being loaded onto a Douglas DC4 airplane at the Cologne Bonn airport. In Vietnam, people queue to receive the shipment. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt delivers a speech to troops in Vietnam. South Korea's Tiger Division disembark a landing craft utility ship onto a South Vietnamese beach and load into M35 trucks. CH46 and H34 helicopters land and marines disembark on a search and destroy mission. Marines fire M1 mortars. Marines demonstrate Vietcong traps. LtGen. Victor Krulak visits the command post of the first marine division in a four day tour of the area and receives reports. An F4 lands in an airfield. LtGen. Joseph Moore meets Krulak and the aircraft are serviced. Tanker ships supply fuel to aircraft. F4 aircraft are armed and take off. A C123 from the 310 Air Commando squadron performs supply operations. 1st infantry division troops board C130 aircraft and an M114 howitzer is loaded to perform Op. Birmingham. F4s and A4 Skyhawks lift off from the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). M114 howitzers are fired. M48 tanks traverse terrain. Marines prepare for Op. Lexington, traversing mud and jungle. Marines take cover and fire M14 rifles in Op. Crazy Horse. President Lyndon Johnson bestows the Medal of Honor to Pvt. Milton Ollie and 1st Lt. Charles Williams. End credits are shown.

Location(s)
Vietnam; Germany

Camera crew
Hearst Metrotone News, Inc (Production Coompany)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Film date (note)
Produced the summer of 1966.

Division
1st Division
3rd Division


Air Wing
MAW-9


Squadron
VF-102
VMFA-115
VA-94
VF-62


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
B&W

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
700

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
18:37

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War