USMC 104763: ""Return of POWs"" Part I

Item Description
Title
USMC 104763: ""Return of POWs"" Part I

Citation information
USMC 104763: ""Return of POWs"" Part I. (00036.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
03/792

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
00036

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 104763

Decade
1970

Date
1973-01

Description
An informational report on Operation Homecoming, as American POWs are released and repatriated. U.S. POWs are transported via C141 and C9 aircraft. USN Capt. Jeremiah Denton exits the craft and addresses an audience. American service members receive a briefing. US Army BGen. Stan McClellan describes negotiation and retrieval of American POWs. USN LtCmdr. Edward Alvarez Jr. is welcomed home. The POWs are rehabilitated.

Location(s)
Hanoi (Vietnam); Clark Air Base (Philippines); Travis AFB (California)

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Informational

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Postive

Original physical length
810

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

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

Digital runtime
23:32

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War