USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73""
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Item Description
Title
USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73""
Citation information
USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73"". (W-46-16-003-73; R-3-4; 55-1006.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/2857
Marine Corps Library Number
7622-16
Additional identifiers
W-46-16-003-73; R-3-4; 55-1006
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107310
Decade
1970
Date
1973-04-16
Description
Operation Golden Dragon. ROK officers to include MajGen. Kim and a ROK LtGen. tour USMC camp. USMC officer presents MajGen. Kim with a plaque, board UH1E helicopter. Members of 2/4 visit Sun Rin orphanage. Marines prepare for reconnaissance, pour over maps and don grease paint. CH46 helicopter land, take off in the valley. Marines board 6x6 rucks, man a .50 cal machine gun. A Marine places his helmet onto a Korean boys head. Children peer into the camera's sights shared by a Marine and Marines converse with a group of elderly Korean men. CH46 lands, takes off aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). ROK and US Marines push a submerged jeep out of water.
Location(s)
Pohang (Korea)
Camera crew
Worden (SSgt); Shaw (SSgt)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Regiment
4th Marines
Battalion
2nd Battalion
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
500
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
10/14/2022
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k
Digital runtime
13:56
Digital file type
video/H264
Title
USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73""
Citation information
USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73"". (W-46-16-003-73; R-3-4; 55-1006.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
15/2857
Marine Corps Library Number
7622-16
Additional identifiers
W-46-16-003-73; R-3-4; 55-1006
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107310
Decade
1970
Date
1973-04-16
Description
Operation Golden Dragon. ROK officers to include MajGen. Kim and a ROK LtGen. tour USMC camp. USMC officer presents MajGen. Kim with a plaque, board UH1E helicopter. Members of 2/4 visit Sun Rin orphanage. Marines prepare for reconnaissance, pour over maps and don grease paint. CH46 helicopter land, take off in the valley. Marines board 6x6 rucks, man a .50 cal machine gun. A Marine places his helmet onto a Korean boys head. Children peer into the camera's sights shared by a Marine and Marines converse with a group of elderly Korean men. CH46 lands, takes off aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). ROK and US Marines push a submerged jeep out of water.
Location(s)
Pohang (Korea)
Camera crew
Worden (SSgt); Shaw (SSgt)
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Documentary
Regiment
4th Marines
Battalion
2nd Battalion
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
500
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
10/14/2022
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k
Digital runtime
13:56
Digital file type
video/H264
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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