USMC 100451: "The Refugees"

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100451: "The Refugees" Citation information USMC 100451: "The Refugees". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 03/805 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers MH 10476 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100451 Decade 1960 Description Edited and narrated film instructing Marines on how to treat refugees they encounter in Vietnam as part of the U.S. Military's Civic Action Program. The film specifically highlights Marines' duty to provide assistance, protection, and transportation to Vietnamese refugees until they can be safely relocated to collection centers, where the government of the Republic of Vietnam will provide immediate needs such as food, temporary housing, medical care, schools, and more. Location(s) Vietnam. Camera crew CWO J.J. Connolly (Director); COL D.P. Wyckoff (Technical advisor); GySgt Joe Skymba (Camera operator); GySgt Thompson (Assistant camera operator); Sgt J. Smith (Assistant camera operator); SSgt Dewey L. Dodson Jr. (Editor); MSgt Mel S. Lerman (Sound & music editor); John Flynn (Narrator); Blaine Chamberlain (Recording & dubbing); Jack McCarthy (Recording & dubbing) Genre Conflict (combat) Film date (note) Filmed in the 1960s. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation 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. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 05/21/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 14:27 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War