USMC 104677: ""The Big Picture: the Fight for Vietnam""

Item Description
Title
USMC 104677: ""The Big Picture: the Fight for Vietnam""

Citation information
USMC 104677: ""The Big Picture: the Fight for Vietnam"". (00006.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
03/782

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00006

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104677

Decade
1970

Description
An episode of the U. S. Army television series, THE BIG PICTURE. The episode provides an overview of the background leading to U. S. involvement in Vietnam. In addition to stressing on the U. S. Army�s training and advisory capabilities, the film also covers the training and operations of the South Vietnamese army, navy and air force. The collaboration between American advisors and South Vietnamese forces is a focus of the film as are the civic action teams. Staged sequences are intermixed with actuality films.

Location(s)
Vietnam

Camera crew
Army Pictorial Center

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Public relations

Squadron
HMR-352


Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
1050

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.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
05/02/2022

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Digital runtime
28:40

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War