USMC 111124: 1970s recruiting film with additional Vietnam footage

Description: Item Description Title USMC 111124: 1970s recruiting film with additional Vietnam footage Citation information USMC 111124: 1970s recruiting film with additional Vietnam footage. United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 14/1109/1 Marine Corps Library Number 0000-16 MIRC inventory no. USMC 111124 Description This recruitment film shows recruits participating in boot camp, becoming Marines, and reuniting with loved ones. Reel also includes footage of Marines in Vietnam clearing a landing space for a medivac helicopter and thenloading a casualty in a gurney and into a UH1E Huey of VMO-6. A CH46 Sea Knight is shown. Location(s) Unknown Genre Public relations Film date (note) Recruitment film dated 1970 or later because of Lynn Anderson song "Rose Garden." Additional footage dated 1976 or earlier because of VMO-6. Squadron VMO-6 Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent and sound Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation 1st section is positive; 2nd section reversal/positive Original physical length 214 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 07/25/2023 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5K Digital runtime 6:11 Digital file type video/H264 Keywords Vietnam War