USMC 104157: Operation Percussion

Description: Item Description Title USMC 104157: Operation Percussion Citation information USMC 104157: Operation Percussion. (#00266.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 05/1149 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 Additional identifiers #00266 MIRC inventory no. USMC 104157 Decade 1960 Description Chet Huntley and Dick Stark host five staged NBC News television broadcasts covering an imaginary combined arms assault on Indonesia (Operation Percussion). Nine days of action against communist forces in and around Jakarta are described with archival films and video intercut to model how a television broadcast of the operation might occur. The mock broadcast ends with Jakarta being retaken and the President of Indonesia restored to the city. Location(s) Unknown Genre Training Film date (note) Filmed in early to mid 1960s (no earlier than 1962 based on Kodak date code "circle square") Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color B&W Original audio Sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Positive Original physical length 900 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 Content may be protected by copyright. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 09/20/2019 Digital runtime 24:51 Digital file type video/H264