U.S. Navy: Black Death--handout

Item Description
Title
U.S. Navy: Black Death--handout

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 7

Sound or Silent
Silent

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WLTX-TV News Collection


Date
1967

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed in 1967

Content Description
Various scenes of United States Navy men spraying village / hamlet with insecticide. Various scenes of navy men trapping rats, carrying to laboratory to test for Bubonic Plague. Various scenes of Pharmacist Mates giving shots / innoculations to villagers for cholera. Handout from United States Navy. See script file. Color print is visibly faded.

Geographic Location
Vietnam.


Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Plague.
Medicine.
Cholera.
United States. Navy.


Contributor Name
USN (2550 - 68 - 1)
WNOK 0000


Creator Name
WIS-TV (Production unit)


Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Donor
WLTX-TV


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Silent. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate.

Citation
U.S. Navy: Black Death--handout. (WLTX-TV News Story 7.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
01:20

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2017-08-07

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/