USMC 100972: Captured Viet Cong and weapons

Item Description
Title
USMC 100972: Captured Viet Cong and weapons

Citation information
USMC 100972: Captured Viet Cong and weapons. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/544/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100972

Decade
1960

Description
A Marine captain holds a briefing (or debriefing) beneath a tree. Marines set up for display a number of captured weapons, including recoilless rifles and heavy mortars. Young men tagged as POWs are brought out as part of the display by South Vietnamese officers.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Probably filmed 1968 or earlier.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Silent

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
75

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
12/05/2018

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

Digital runtime
2:19

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War