- Title: CF913
- Date:1960s
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Summary:
06:00:40 - 06:04:26
Capt John Conlon, CO Det A-77, special forces group with two platoons of Viet 334th strike force company set out to clear a road between Chau Phu and Tinhbien so that supply trucks may pass. Group of soldiers look at map.
06:04:33 - 06:07:13
American tall and in camouflage gear, moving track along road, explosion at side, jump from truck, sniper fire, group on telephone, moving through jungle with rifles and stopping to fire, US and Viet troops discuss, moving along road and into jungle, find dead Vietcong, captured Vietcong with hands tied, Viet soldier with captured Vietcong flag.
06:07:24 - 06:11:37
Helicopter with blades turning, ammunition unloaded by US soldiers, swamp, helicopter take off, soldiers plod through swamps up to knees in water at times, helicopter landing and smoke, more unloading, ammunition passed along line, mortars loaded, black and white soldiers, relaxing together.
06:11:39 - 06:15:33
Soldiers set up camp, erecting tents in the jungle. Pan across the jungle canopy, helicopter taking off from the camp, helicopter in flight. Good tracking shots looking down at camp and the jungle from the helicopter. General Westmoreland shakes hands with a soldier, ambulance helicopter, wounded soldiers taken out of helicopter and are loaded and tended. Sign for the field pharmacy ' Dispensary - `196th Light Infantry Brigade'. Ext and Int of field hospital, wounded soldiers being treated on makeshift beds made out of stretchers.
06:15:44 - 06:21:04
Erection of spiked bamboo fence, ws across water of work on fence, erection of gate, splitting bamboo, American adviser talking to Viet official, women teachers chat, Cronia hands out books to kids, Cronia leaves and into jeep, jeep through gate.
06:21:11 - 06:25:33
Hamlet, animals and peasants, Viet patrol with guns go through gate, fence making, cu faces, fence, peasants pass with mules, watch tower, shaky aerial shot over terrain, high angle pan across terrain.
06:25:36 - 06:31:16
Pan across rural Vietnam, hilly terrain, small forts. Viet army barracks, three defected Vietcong now with Viet army carrying guns, US and Viet soldiers discuss, look at maps. - Description:06:00:40 - 06:04:26 Capt John Conlon, CO Det A-77, special forces group with two platoons of Viet 334th strike force company set out to clear a road between Chau Phu and Tinhbien so that supply trucks may pass. Group of soldiers look at map. 06:04:33 - 06:07:13 American tall and in camouflage gear, moving track along road, explosion at side, jump from truck, sniper fire, group on telephone, moving through jungle with rifles and stopping to fire, US and Viet troops discuss, moving along road and into jungle, find dead Vietcong, captured Vietcong with hands tied, Viet soldier with captured Vietcong flag. 06:07:24 - 06:11:37 Helicopter with blades turning, ammunition unloaded by US soldiers, swamp, helicopter take off, soldiers plod through swamps up to knees in water at times, helicopter landing and smoke, more unloading, ammunition passed along line, mortars loaded, black and white soldiers, relaxing together. 06:11:39 - 06:15:33 Soldiers set up camp, erecting tents in the jungle. Pan across the jungle canopy, helicopter taking off from the camp, helicopter in flight. Good tracking shots looking down at camp and the jungle from the helicopter. General Westmoreland shakes hands with a soldier, ambulance helicopter, wounded soldiers taken out of helicopter and are loaded and tended. Sign for the field pharmacy ' Dispensary - `196th Light Infantry Brigade'. Ext and Int of field hospital, wounded soldiers being treated on makeshift beds made out of stretchers. 06:15:44 - 06:21:04 Erection of spiked bamboo fence, ws across water of work on fence, erection of gate, splitting bamboo, American adviser talking to Viet official, women teachers chat, Cronia hands out books to kids, Cronia leaves and into jeep, jeep through gate. 06:21:11 - 06:25:33 Hamlet, animals and peasants, Viet patrol with guns go through gate, fence making, cu faces, fence, peasants pass with mules, watch tower, shaky aerial shot over terrain, high angle pan across terrain. 06:25:36 - 06:31:16 Pan across rural Vietnam, hilly terrain, small forts. Viet army barracks, three defected Vietcong now with Viet army carrying guns, US and Viet soldiers discuss, look at maps.
- TYPE:Historical
- DATE:1960s
- GENRE:
- SOURCE:Historic
- Decade:
- Colour:Colour
- Keywords:VIETNAM WAR, OPERATION ATTLEBORO, VIET MINH, SNIPER AMBUSH, TAY MINH PROVINCE, SWAMPS, MAAG TEAM 28, STRATEGIC HAMLET, MY XUAN, TUY HOA
- Master Title:CF913
- Segment:0
- Sound:Silent
