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gov.dod.dimoc.30120 · Beat 38 · permalink

Field

11:30–11:51 Released 1959

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 1 quote checked against the transcript; 3 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 2 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 11:3611:36Frame at 11:4311:43Frame at 11:4611:46Frame at 11:4911:49

Play from 11:30 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 21 · shots 90–93. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
field (field, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • soldier in uniform, crouching near ground, possibly tending to gear visible
  • soldier shirtless, kneeling, working with hands in dirt or debris visible
  • soldier in heavy coat, bending over near tent or tarp visible
Seen happening
  • Explosion or smoke plume visible over distant structures [frame:1]
  • Soldier in coat bends near tented area [frame:2]
  • Shirtless soldier kneels and works with hands in ground [frame:3]
  • Close-up of soldier handling gear or weapon [frame:4]
Seen
tent or tarp [frame:2], military gear or weapon [frame:4], smoke or explosion plume [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense, weary; themes: military regrouping, field conditions, soldier fatigue; style notes: grainy black-and-white footage, wide shots of landscape and close-ups of soldiers, low lighting suggests night or overcast

The beat shows soldiers in a field environment, some tending to equipment or resting near tents, while the transcript mentions regrouping after being taken off a beach. No named individuals appear, and the setting is outdoors under overcast or nighttime conditions.

“In the south, the troops which had been taken off the beach at Ong Nam were regrouped, and despite bitter weather, took advantage of a welcome opportunity to catch up with themselves.” 11:39 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

US Government work The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from gov.dod.dimoc.30120 (1959) at 11:36 (passage 11:30–11:51); US record: US Government work

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