USMC 105752: ""Bicycle Rodeo""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105752: ""Bicycle Rodeo"" Citation information USMC 105752: ""Bicycle Rodeo"". (MACV-1-9-68; R-1-2; 4-2105.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/40 Marine Corps Library Number 6074-16 Additional identifiers MACV-1-9-68; R-1-2; 4-2105 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105752 Decade 1960 Date 1968-09-01 Description Armed Forces Police unload bicycles from 6x6 truck. Marine Amphibious Force Drum and Bugle Corps play instruments as Vietnamese children on bicycles spectate. Three Armed Forces Police members prepare to raise an American flag. Two ARVN MPs prepare to raise a South Vietnam flag alongside it. The band continues to play as the flags are raised, three Armed Forces Police salute. A plaque on red background with a drawing of a child on a bicycle and lettering that reads ""Armed Forces Police"" is shown. Vietnamese children on bicycles maneuver an obstacle course. The flags of the United States and South Vietnam fly. There are various shots of Vietnamese children spectators and participants in the rodeo. A Vietnamese nun spectates. Camera zooms in and out on face of USMC Lieutenant. A Vietnamese civilian man speaks into a microphone, addressing a crowd of children. Marines and ARVN MPs award bicycles to children. A child pumps air into the tires of his bicycle. Location(s) Da Nang (Vietnam) Camera crew Newman Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary 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. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 07/25/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 10:58 Digital file type video/H264