USMC 100637: Montagnard recruits train in Vietnamese highlands

Description: Item Description Title USMC 100637: Montagnard recruits train in Vietnamese highlands Citation information USMC 100637: Montagnard recruits train in Vietnamese highlands. (#235 .) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 10/3040/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers #235 MIRC inventory no. USMC 100637 Decade 1960 Description Green Berets train members of the indigenous Montagnard minority group from the northern Vietnamese highlands during the Vietnam War. Footage shows male and female Montagnard recruits standing at attention, learning to assemble and carve blades, sew garments with sewing machines and shoot rifles from the prone position. Film concludes as the Montagnard troops march out on patrol. Location(s) Central Highlands (Vietnam) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed between 1965 and 1975. 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 80 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 2:34 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War