USMC 100632: Kit Carson Scouts Training, Vietnam

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100632: Kit Carson Scouts Training, Vietnam Citation information USMC 100632: Kit Carson Scouts Training, Vietnam . United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3035/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100632 Decade 1960 Date 1968 Description Film follows ""Chieu Hoi"" training, where former Viet Cong soldiers train to become intelligence scouts, or ""Kit Carson Scouts"" with US Marines and Infantry in South Vietnam. Footage shows new Kit Carson Scouts going though health checks, receiving uniforms, training with rifles, patrolling villages, speaking with civilians and identifying a hidden Viet Cong grenade. Location(s) Vietnam Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Conflict (combat) 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 100 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 08/07/2018 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye. Digital runtime 2:41 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War