USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73""

Description: Item Description Title USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73"" Citation information USMC 107310: ""Golden Dragon '73"". (W-46-16-003-73; R-3-4; 55-1006.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2857 Marine Corps Library Number 7622-16 Additional identifiers W-46-16-003-73; R-3-4; 55-1006 MIRC inventory no. USMC 107310 Decade 1970 Date 1973-04-16 Description Operation Golden Dragon. ROK officers to include MajGen. Kim and a ROK LtGen. tour USMC camp. USMC officer presents MajGen. Kim with a plaque, board UH1E helicopter. Members of 2/4 visit Sun Rin orphanage. Marines prepare for reconnaissance, pour over maps and don grease paint. CH46 helicopter land, take off in the valley. Marines board 6x6 rucks, man a .50 cal machine gun. A Marine places his helmet onto a Korean boys head. Children peer into the camera's sights shared by a Marine and Marines converse with a group of elderly Korean men. CH46 lands, takes off aboard the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19). ROK and US Marines push a submerged jeep out of water. Location(s) Pohang (Korea) Camera crew Worden (SSgt); Shaw (SSgt) Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Regiment 4th Marines Battalion 2nd Battalion 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 500 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 10/14/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 13:56 Digital file type video/H264