USMC 100624: Land Mine Warfare School at Camp Faulkner, Vietnam

Item Description
Title
USMC 100624: Land Mine Warfare School at Camp Faulkner, Vietnam

Citation information
USMC 100624: Land Mine Warfare School at Camp Faulkner, Vietnam. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
10/3016/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100624

Decade
1960

Description
Silent footage showing Marines in training at the 1st Marine Division's Land Mine Warfare School at Camp Faulkner, near Da Nang, Vietnam. In 1970, this school brought in 300-400 Marines per month for an intensive training course on booby-traps and countermeasures. Footage here shows Marines in classroom sessions and in field training searching for, disarming, and destroying various booby-traps.

Location(s)
Vietnam; Da Nang (Vietnam); Camp Faulkner (Vietnam)

Military Grid Reference
49Q AT

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Probably filmed around 1970.

Division
1st Division


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
160

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
07/31/2018

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

Digital runtime
05:22

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War