USMC 105754: ""Bicycle Rodeo""

Item Description
Title
USMC 105754: ""Bicycle Rodeo""

Citation information
USMC 105754: ""Bicycle Rodeo"". (MACV-1-9-68; R-2-2; 4-2173.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
14/39

Marine Corps Library Number
6075-16

Additional identifiers
MACV-1-9-68; R-2-2; 4-2173

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 105754

Decade
1960

Date
1968-09-02

Description
USAF SSgt. Davis fills out paperwork. USMC SSgt. marks a map of a city. Marine wearing arm band reading ""Armed Forces Police"" talks on the phone. Marine speaks to two Vietnamese police officers. Vietnamese civilians go about daily life through streets. Vietnamese children gather around bicycles. A marine of the Armed Forces Police directs traffic. Vietnamese children ride bicycles through an obstacle course. Marines unload bicycles and children sign up with an organizer of the event. Various shots of children with and without bicycles are shown.

Location(s)
Da Nang (Vietnam)

Camera crew
Newman

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

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
175

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
07/25/2022

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

Digital runtime
4:53

Digital file type
video/H264