USMC 104760: ""A Legacy in the Making""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104760: ""A Legacy in the Making""

Citation information
USMC 104760: ""A Legacy in the Making"". (00052.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
03/776

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00052

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104760

Decade
1970

Description
A Civil Affairs film describing the operations of a Combined Action Platoon (C.A.P. 3-4-4) in Vietnam and its positive relationship with the villagers against the Viet Cong. Opens with scenes of children and with ""The Big Battle"" by Johnny Cash played in the background by a James W. Kimbriel (LCpl.). Marine Sgt. Robert Eaton, enters the ruins of a Catholic Church and records a tape for his family back home describing his work leading the C.A.P. There are scenes of US Marines working alongside members of the Vietnamese village as well as Vietnamese children at school. A poster depicts the right and wrong way to relieve oneself while children and a USMC member laugh. Medical attention and vaccinations are given. USMC members teach some boys how to play baseball. Farm animals and scenes of a street market are observed. Weapons featured: M76, M1 Carbine, M60 MG.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
900

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

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
26:11

Digital file type
video/H264