USMC 110117: ""Directions '71: Special Edition, Second Marine Division""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110117: ""Directions '71: Special Edition, Second Marine Division""

Citation information
USMC 110117: ""Directions '71: Special Edition, Second Marine Division"". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3191/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110117

Decade
1970

Date
1971

Description
Episode of an internal communication series, Discover 71, that focuses on race relations in the Marine Corps. USMC Maj. Bill Negron of the Marine Corps Equal Opportunity Branch is tasked with promoting a better understanding of human relations. Negron visits Camp Lejeune for this episode. BGen. Robert Bohn (CO 2nd Div), 1stLt Phillip Como, and a number of NCOs attending the Marine NCO Leadership School give interviews. Comparisons are made between the current state of human relations within the division and the low point of July 1969. Small group discussions at the NCO school is the basis for its innovative approach to improving communication. NCOs participating in these groups and individual interviews are not identified. Original production, no video tape, preserved on film as a kinescope.

Location(s)
Camp Lejeune (N.C.)

Camera crew
Phelps, Harold; Sampy, David; Baxter, Thomas

Genre
Informational

Division
2nd Division


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
800

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
04/21/2023

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

Digital runtime
27:32

Digital file type
video/H264

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video