USMC 110917: ""A legacy in the making""

Item Description
Title
USMC 110917: ""A legacy in the making""

Citation information
USMC 110917: ""A legacy in the making"". (CAP 3-4-4; MH-11024.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
13/4674/1

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
CAP 3-4-4; MH-11024

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 110917

Decade
1960

Description
Sgt. Robert Eaton records a message to his parents explaining his choice to remain in Vietnam and help local rebuild their village following a Viet Cong attack. Includes footage of villagers' daily lives and Marines interacting with locals. Includes LCpl. James W. Kimbrel singing Johnny Cash's ""The Big Battle.""

Location(s)
Unknown

Camera crew
Zeitlin, David I. (Screenwriter, Director); Frankel, Ernest (Screenwriter, Director); Connolly, John J. (Camera operator); Armour, William A. (Camera operator); Hansen, Erik A. (Camera operator); Gill, Gerald (Camera operator); Marth, Rudy (Camera operator); Frank, Walter W. (Editor); Hurley, Daniel P. (Editor); U.S. Naval Photographic Center

Genre
Conflict (combat)

Film date (note)
Probably filmed in 1960s or early 1970s.

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Positive

Original physical length
800

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
07/12/2023

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

Digital runtime
26:07

Digital file type
video/H264

Keywords
Vietnam War