USMC 105752: ""Bicycle Rodeo""

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