USMC 107311: ""Golden Dragon '73""

Item Description
Title
USMC 107311: ""Golden Dragon '73""

Citation information
USMC 107311: ""Golden Dragon '73"". (W-46-003-73; R-4-4; 55-1007.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
15/2859

Marine Corps Library Number
7623-16

Additional identifiers
W-46-003-73; R-4-4; 55-1007

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 107311

Decade
1970

Date
1973-03

Description
Operation Golden Dragon '73. CH46 helicopter lands, Marines board and disembark CH46A in a field. 6x6 trucks cross terrain in a convoy. Marines struggle to maneuver a mech mule up a steep hill. ROK and US Marines participate in combat exercises together. Marines bathe in the river. CH46 helicopters deliver supplies.

Location(s)
Pohang (Korea)

Camera crew
Worden, M.K.; Shaw, H.L.

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Documentary

Regiment
4th Marines


Battalion
2nd amphibious tractor 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
400

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
11:13

Digital file type
video/H264