USMC 100570: Marine Corps Civic Action Fund in Vietnam Update

Item Description
Title
USMC 100570: Marine Corps Civic Action Fund in Vietnam Update

Citation information
USMC 100570: Marine Corps Civic Action Fund in Vietnam Update. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/2890/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100570

Decade
1960

Date
1967

Description
This 1967 promotional film for contributions to the Marine Corps Civic Action Fund for Vietnam offers an update on how the organization CARE has been utilizing donations. Lt. Gen. Lewis Walt narrates as footage shows newly built schools and homes, new agricultural techniques and tools and new irrigation systems. CARE is shown distributing school supplies, clothes and medical care for civilians and wounded Vietnamese troops.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
150

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
07/09/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
4:00

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War