USMC 100590: The South Vietnamese "Junk Navy"
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Item Description
Title
USMC 100590: The South Vietnamese "Junk Navy"
Citation information
USMC 100590: The South Vietnamese "Junk Navy". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
10/2984/1
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
AFMR 652
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100590
Decade
1960
Date
1961
Description
Film documenting the development and establishment of South Vietnam's "Junk Navy" in 1961. A new initiative created from the union of the existing South Vietnamese Navy and the U.S. Navy, the "Junk Navy" would be a patrol force using traditional Vietnamese junk boats to stop other small civilian craft in order to search for Viet Cong agents entering South Vietnam by sea. Footage shows the patching and painting of old abandoned junk boats and the carving of new craft, as well as the training of crews by U.S. Navy servicemen in radio communications, signaling, small arm pistol shooting and on-board shooting with heavy artillery. Members of the "Junk Navy" in black traditional clothing, nicknamed the "Black Pajama Navy," are seen investigating a fishing junk boat and reviewing its occupants' ID cards.
Location(s)
Vietnam.
Producing entity
United States. Navy (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
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
240
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
07/17/2018
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
6:39
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Vietnam War
Title
USMC 100590: The South Vietnamese "Junk Navy"
Citation information
USMC 100590: The South Vietnamese "Junk Navy". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
10/2984/1
Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16
Additional identifiers
AFMR 652
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100590
Decade
1960
Date
1961
Description
Film documenting the development and establishment of South Vietnam's "Junk Navy" in 1961. A new initiative created from the union of the existing South Vietnamese Navy and the U.S. Navy, the "Junk Navy" would be a patrol force using traditional Vietnamese junk boats to stop other small civilian craft in order to search for Viet Cong agents entering South Vietnam by sea. Footage shows the patching and painting of old abandoned junk boats and the carving of new craft, as well as the training of crews by U.S. Navy servicemen in radio communications, signaling, small arm pistol shooting and on-board shooting with heavy artillery. Members of the "Junk Navy" in black traditional clothing, nicknamed the "Black Pajama Navy," are seen investigating a fishing junk boat and reviewing its occupants' ID cards.
Location(s)
Vietnam.
Producing entity
United States. Navy (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
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
240
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
07/17/2018
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
6:39
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
Vietnam War
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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