- Title: V-2505
- Summary: VIETNAM WAR: FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION (AIRMOBILE). INCLUDES ARRIVAL AT QUI NHON; CONSTRUCTION OF CAMP RADCLIFFE AT AN KHE (FIRST TEAM IN NAM)
- Description:00:00:23 - HIGH ANGLE LONG LINES OF UNION TROOPS MOVING FORWARD IN FIELD AMID HUGE EXPLOSIONS AND SMOKE DURING CIVIL WAR. MONTAGE OTHER REENACTED CIVIL WAR SCENES. 00:00:44 - CU HAND OF UNION GENERAL USES BLOCKS TO PLAN TROOP MOVEMENTS ON MAP. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT NOT CONSIDERED. MONTAGE MORE REENACTED SCENES SHOWING TROOPS MARCHING THROUGH WOODED AREAS, WADING THROUGH STREAMS, UNLIKE WHAT WOODEN BLOCKS SHOW. MORE CIVIL WAR TROOP MOVEMENTS 00:01:36 - MONTAGE AMERICAN TROOPS MOVING THROUGH DENSE JUNGLE, SWAMPS, AT SLOW PACE DURING VIETNAM WAR. 00:02:04 - HUEY HELICOPTERS IN FLIGHT. AERIAL VIEW ORANGE HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE, CASTS SHADOW ALONG ORANGE SMOKE MARKER ON GROUND. WOUNDED GI BEING PLACED ON HELICOPTER. PARATROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANE. PARATROOPS FILL SKY, POV GROUND. 00:02:35 - MONTAGE TROOPS RUNNING TO, BOARDING NUMEROUS HELICOPTERS IN HIGH GRASSY FIELD. HELICOPTERS TAKE TO AIR, CHURN UP LEAVES AND DUST. 00:03:07 - SQUADRON ATTACK HELICOPTERS FIRING ROCKETS. GROUND EXPLOSIONS. HELICOPTERS FLYING JUST ABOVE TREETOPS POV HELICOPTER. 00:03:25 - HUGE "BANANA" (SHAPED) HOVERING HELICOPTER LOWERS ARTILLERY PIECE WITH SLING. MORE OF HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF FIELD. 00:03:31 - SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT AT NEWS CONFERENCE CREATING 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, AIR MOBILE JUNE 1965. 00:03:56 - 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION TROOPER RIDES HORSE TOWARDS HELICOPTER IN SYMBOLIC GESTURE, DURING CEREMONY AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA ON 7/1/65 00:03:58 - LONG LINE OF CANNONS FIRE CEREMONIOUS SALUTE SERGEANT FACING PLATOON AT ATTENTION, MAKES ABOUT FACE, SALUTES OFFICER WHO GIVES MARCHING ORDERS TO VIETNAM. 00:04:16 - 1ST CAVALRY TROOPS BOARD BUSES. RAILROAD TRAIN PULLING NUMEROUS GONDOLA CARS LADEN WITH WAR SUPPLIES, TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM CAMERA. 00:04:42 - HUGE "CH-47 CHANOOK" HELICOPTER IS LIFTED ONTO SHIP. UH-1 "HUEY" BEING LOWERED INTO HOLD. PAN HUNDREDS OF TONS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT ON PIER. UNIQUELY SHAPED CARGO CARRYING HELICOPTER ON PIER IS LIFTED ABOARD VIA WINCH. DECK LOADED WITH HELICOPTERS FOR VIETNAM. 00:05:29 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES TROOPS CARRY GEAR CLIMBING GANGPLANK OF TROOPSHIP. (8/7/65) FIRST SHIP WAS UNDER WAY TO VIETNAM 00:06:08 - MAP OF VIETNAM SHOWS AN KHE, NEAR SAIGON. FIRST PARTY OF ABOUT 1000 MEN ARRIVED BY AIR TO VIETNAM. MONTAGE NATIVE WORKERS, GIS BEGIN WORK ON BASE AT AN KHE, CLEARING LANDING SITE FOR HELICOPTERS (PAN). GI USES CHAIN SAW TO CUT DOWN TREE STUMP. 00:07:03 - MONTAGE CARGO PLANES BRING IN EQUIPMENT AT AN KHE'S NEW AIR BASE. MONTAGE FIELD LOADED WITH PILES OF SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS. 00:07:25 - HIGH ANGLES AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DECK FULL OF HELICOPTERS OFF QUI NHON. DECK CREWS QUICKLY BEGIN TO ASSEMBLE HELICOPTERS FOR FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 1965. 1ST HELICOPTER TAKES OFF SHORE. 00:07:55 - LARGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS WALK DOWN GANGPLANKS TO HUGE LANDING CRAFT, SET OFF FOR SHORE. TROOPS CARRYING GEAR WALK ONTO QUI NHON BEACH FROM LANDING SHIP. FIRST DIVISION TO SET FOOT IN VIETNAM ARE GREETED BY TOP COMMANDERS, INCLUDING (CU) GEN. WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND AND MAJOR GENERAL HARRY W. O. KINNARD, 1ST CAVALRY DIV. COMMANDER. TROOPS DEBARKING TROOPSHIP ONTO LST'S 00:09:07 - "THE FIRST TEAM IN VIETNAM" THE BEGINNING OF THE VIETNAM WAR. CU SHOULDER PATCH 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION. TROOPS BOARDING HELICOPTERS AND "CARIBOU" CARGO PLANES FROM BEACH AT QUI NHON. 00:09:43 - ABOVE PAN NUMEROUS LARGE CH-47 TWIN ROTOR HELICOPTERS AT BASE CAMP. VARIOUS SCENES CH-47s LANDING IN FIELD, TROOPS JUMPING OUT. 00:10:06 - RMY TRUCKS-TROOP CARRIERS RIDING ALONG ROUTE 19 IN VIET CONG COUNTRY. UH-1B "HUEY" LANDS ON ROUTE 19, TROOPS RUN OUT. 00:10:25 - GI KNEELS TO SEARCH UNDER BUS ON ROUTE 19 AS NATIVE PASSENGERS WAIT ON SIDE OF ROAD. CHECK CREDENTIALS OF DRIVER, PASSENGERS. 00:10:50 - MONTAGE ATTACK, MEDIC HELICOPTERS SUPPORTING GROUND TROOPS. 00:11:18 - AERIAL MONTAGE VIEW AN KHE AIRSTRIP. NUMEROUS HELICOPTERS ON GROUND AT AN KHE FAMED "GOLF COURSE" AND VARIOUS AERIAL VIEWS OF TANK FARM AND LOGISTICAL INSTALLATIONS AT AN KHE. 00:12:03 - AERIAL CLEARING ON HAN KON MOUNTAIN WHICH STRATEGICALLY OVERLOOKS AN KHE BASE. AERIAL PAN OF VARIETY DEFENSES AROUND AN KHE BASE, INCLUDING MINE FIELD, TOWERS WITH MACHINE GUNS, BARBED WIRE BARRICADES, ARTILLERY. 00:13:04 - PATROL WALK ON MOUNDS OF DRY LAND TO MOVE AROUND WET RICE PADDIES. WOMAN IN ANKLE DEEP WATER, STRAW HAT, WATCHES. MORE AERIAL VIEWS AN KHE AS SEEN FROM UH-1B PATROLLING. CU GI'S HANDS IN READY POSITION ON RIFLE. 00:13:37 - ZOOM AWAY MAP SHOWING AN KHE AND SURROUNDING PROVINCES WITH UNITS (BRIGADES) ASSIGNED TO EACH, INCLUDING PLEIKU, BINH DINH, KONTUM. 00:13:56 - MONTAGE PATROL WALKING THROUGH ANKLE DEEP STREAM, QUESTIONING FARMERS SEATED IN FIELD. 00:14:23 - MONTAGE SPECIAL FORCES OFFICERS, INCLUDING ALLIED ROK (REPUBLIC OF KOREA) OFFICERS, SIT ON GROUND PERUSE MAPS, TRADE INTELLIGENCE. 00:14:59 - WOMEN AND CHILDREN GATHER FOR MEDICAL & OTHER ASSISTANCE FROM ALLIED FORCES AS PART OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE. 00:15:20 - GI AT HUGE CEMENT MIXER PULLS LEVER TO FILL WHEELBARROW FOR SHIRTLESS GI. GI POURS CEMENT FROM WHEELBARROW ONTO GROUND, OTHERS SPREAD IT WITH SHOVELS, SCREED. 00:15:33 - HUGE BARRACKS BEING BUILT BY GI CARPENTERS WITH HELP OF NATIVES, AT AN KHE. MAP SHOWING AREA OF OPERATIONS FOR 1ST DIVISION AT AN KHE AND LARGER AREA. 00:16:42 - MONTAGE UH-1B HELICOPTERS IN FLIGHT OVER JUNGLE ON SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS. CU MACHINE GUN FIRING INTO JUNGLE BELOW. 00:17:00 - AERIAL VIEW OB-1 "MOHAWK" RECON PLANE TAKING OFF FROM AN KHE AIRSTRIP. OB-1 IN FLIGHT TAKING PHOTOS OVER VARIOUS AREAS. POV ABOVE. 00:17:37 - AERIAL MONTAGE OH-13 "SCOUT" HELICOPTER, FLYING, TAKING PHOTOS OVER WIDE AREAS OF THICK JUNGLE, PAN TO MACHINE GUN ON CAMERA HELICOPTER, SEA IN DISTANT BKGD. PAN TO ANOTHER OH-13 DOING SAME. 00:18:55 - BLACK GI MOUNTS BANKS OF SEARCHLIGHTS ON UH-1B HELICOPTER FOR NIGHT-TIME SURVEILLANCE. 00:19:26 - UH-1B ATTACK HELICOPTER FLYING OVER RICE PADDIES, LANDS, DISCHARGES TROOPS. SOLDIER FIRING MACHINE GUN AT INVISIBLE ENEMY IN JUNGLE. 00:19:49 - CU "WEAPONS SYSTEMS". BLACK GI SLIPS THICK MORTAR SHELLS INTO CLIP. OTHERS SETTING UP MORTAR, ARTILLERY PIECE. 00:20:07 - MONTAGE GI FILLS HUGE MISSILE LAUNCHER ON UH-1B "HUEY" WITH MULTIPLE NEW ROCKETS. ARTILLERY MEN LOAD SHELL INTO 155MM HOWITZER, SEND IT HOME WITH LONG POLE, FIRE. WARSHIP OFF SHORE READY TO FIRE AT INLAND TARGETS. GROUND CREWS ARM PLANES WITH ROCKETS, BOMBS. 00:20:47 - B-52 BOMBER DROPS HUGE LOAD OF BOMBS, AWESOME MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND RESULTS. FOLLOWED BY MONTAGE OF FIRINGS FROM WARSHIP, ARTILLERY, MORTARS. "VULCAN" GATTLING GUNS, MACHINE GUNS, RIFLES FIRING FROM HELICOPTERS. POV INSIDE UH-1B. 00:21:31 - GROUND CREWMAN OF ARA (AERIAL ROCKET ARTILLERY UNIT), CARRIES TWO 2.5" ROCKETS, PLACES THEM ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS INTO LAUNCHER ATTACHED TO SIDE OF HELICOPTER, UH-B1s TAKE OFF 00:22:11 - SIDE DOOR MACHINE GUNNER AT HIS WEAPON, SCANS JUNGLE BELOW. DOOR GUNNER POV HELICOPTER ALONGSIDE. DOOR GUNNER FIRING INTO JUNGLE. 00:22:47 - INFANTRYMEN, BACKS TO CAMERA, COMMUNICATE WITH HELICOPTER SEEN IN DISTANT SKY. CU OFFICER USING PHONE REQUESTING FIRE FROM ARA. HELICOPTER IN FIRES ITS ROCKETS, POV GROUND. CU MISSILES EXITING LAUNCHER. AERIAL GROUND EXPLOSIONS POV UH-1B GUNSHIP. 00:23:23 - ARTILLERY CREW MOVE M-102, A NEW, LIGHTER MORE ACCURATE 105MM HOWITZER, INTO PLACE ON GROUND, FIRE IT. HIGH ANGLE BATTERY OF M-102s FIRING. 00:24:22 - ARTILLERY MEN ROLL HEAVIER M-101 AS WELL AS NEW M-102 INTO REAR CARGO BAY OF CH-47 "CHANOOK" HELICOPTER. CH-47 HOVERS AS IT LOWERS LARGE ARTILLERY PIECE, AS WELL AS CRATE OF SHELLS, BY SLING 00:24:46 - ODD LOOKING, HUGE CH-54 "FLYING CRANE", CAPABLE OF LIFTING 10 TONS, CARRIES DAMAGED, EQUALLY LARGE "CHANOOK" ON SLING. IN FLIGHT. ODDITY 00:25:15 - INFANTRY PATROL WADE THROUGH KNEE-DEEP WATER AND MUD IN RICE PADDY. LONG LINE OF INFANTRY MOVE FORWARD IN RICE PADDY 00:25:47 - UH-1B "HUEY" HOVERS A FEW FEET OFF GROUND, INFANTRYMEN JUMP OUT. HUEY HOVER ABOVE TREE TOPS AS INFANTRYMEN SLIDE DOWN ON ROPES. CH-47 "CHANOOK" DOING SAME 00:26:17 - GIS USE CHAIN SAWS, MACHETES TO CLEAR JUNGLE FOR LANDING ZONE FOR HELICOPTERS. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES SHOWING USE OF HELICOPTERS IN RUGGED TERRAIN AND AT NIGHT. 00:27:29 - "COMMAND AND CONTROL" MEN ON GROUND COMMUNICATING VIA RADIO WITH HELICOPTERS ABOVE. 00:27:31 - RADIO EQUIPPED JEEP SURROUNDED BY SAND BAGS. CU MRC- 95 RADIO UNIT BEING USED BY GI IN JEEP. CU TECHNICIANS EQUIPPING "HUEY" HELICOPTER WITH LIGHT WEIGHT RADIO PACKAGE. COMMAND AND CONTROL GROUP CLIMBS INTO HELICOPTER, START COMMUNICATING. 00:29:01 - CD-2 "CARIBOU" PLANE EQUIPPED WITH COMMUNICATION PACKAGE TAKES OFF TO SERVE AS AIRBOURNE DIVISION COMMAND POST, AIRBOURNE COMMUNICATION CENTER, AIRBOURNE RELAY STATION. 00:29:09 - LINE RADIO OPERATORS AT RADIO CONTROLS ABOARD CD-2 IN FLIGHT. CU HAND TURNING DIALS ON PANEL. 00:30:02 - "FLYING CRANE" (HELICOPTER) CARRIES HUGE COMMUNICATION MODULE (POD) ON ITS UNDER-BELLY. GIS AT DESK AND PHONES INSIDE POD. 00:30:21 - "LOGISTICS" CH-54 "FLYING CRANE", LOWERS CRATES OF SUPPLIES WHILE PERFORMING ITS LOGISTICS (ASSURING RESUPPLY OF SUPPLIES TO FRONT LINE MEN), MISSION. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES OF HELICOPTERS DELIVERING SUPPLIES TO MEN IN COMBAT ZONES. 00:30:46 - HUGE C-130 CARGO PLANES TAXIING ON AIRFIELD AT AN KHE BASE. HUGE PILES OF SUPPLIES LINE RUNWAY. AERIAL VIEW HIGHWAY 1 AND 19 WITH TRUCK CONVOYS OF SUPPLIES. C- 130 TAKING OFF. 00:31:26 - SMALLER CD-2 CARGO PLANE "CARIBOU" LANDS AT FIELD C- 130 CANNOT. HUGE CARGO SUPPLIES BEING LOADED ON CH-47 "CHANOOKS". CH-47 LOWERS SUPPLIES BY SLING. 00:31:55 - CU PILOT PUMPS GAS INTO HIS "HUEY" VIA LARGE 500 GALLON RUBBER INFLATABLE TANKS SCATTERED ABOUT ON FIELD. MONTAGE MECHANICS ATTACH ROTOR TO "HUEY" AND OTHER CHORES DURING MAINTENANCE PROCESS. 00:32:24 - SHIRTLESS GIS PILE UP ARTILLERY SHELLS ON FIELD. SHIRTLESS GI HANDS OUT MAIL TO BUDDIES. 00:32:27 - MONTAGE PRIEST HEARS OUTDOOR MASS IN FIELD; CU GIS READING BIBLE DURING MASS. CU GI RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION. CU MEDIC HOLDS UP BOTTLE OF BLOOD PLASMA FOR WOUNDED GI; MEDICS CARRYING WOUNDED TO RED CROSS HELICOPTER ON STRETCHERS. 00:33:13 - MONTAGE "FLYING CRANE" CARRIED HOSPITAL POD, (MEDI- POD) TO BATTLE AREA. SURGEON, TEAM OPERATING INSIDE MEDI-POD. GI BEING X-RAYED. 00:33:39 - MONTAGE EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS USED BY AIR CAVALRY TO PERFORM ITS 5 BASIC FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING RECON AND SURVEILLANCE, FIRE POWER, MOBILITY, COMMAND AND CONTROL, LOGISTICS. 00:34:59 - "AIR CAVALRY INTERDICTION OPERATIONS" AERIAL VARIOUS SCENES OH-13 RECON. HELICOPTER SCANNING ROUTES ALONG CAMBODIAN BORDER USED BY ENEMY TO INFILTRATE COMMUNIST FORCES, MATERIAL INTO VIETNAM. "HUEY" GUNSHIPS FLYING COVER FOR OH-13 FIRES MACHINE GUN INTO JUNGLE. 00:36:34 - MONTAGE GROUND TROOPS PATROL BORDER. 00:37:04 - MACHINE GUN AND GATTLING GUN FIRING INTO JUNGLE AFTER ENEMY IS LOCATED. POV SIDE DOOR, HELICOPTER. RIFLE COMPANY IS LOWERED BY "HUEY'S" TO FIND AND FACE ENEMY. 00:37:27 - CU ARA UNIT HUEY HELICOPTER FIRING HEAVY ROCKETS INTO JUNGLE. 00:38:41 - "SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS" (SDM) COMMANDER AND STAFF SIT IN ON BRIEFING DURING PLANNING STAGES. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES COMMANDERS IN FIELD PLANNING MISSIONS, PERUSING MAPS. LONG LINE OF HUEY HELICOPTERS HOVER ABOVE GRASSY FIELD. 00:40:00 - LARGE ARTILLERY PIECE IS ROLLED OUT OF REAR RAMP OF ONE OF SEVERAL "CHANOOK" HELICOPTERS, IN SECOND STAGE OF "SEARCH AND DESTROY" MISSION, NATIVE IN FRGD CARRYING RICE STALKS ON SHOULDERS 00:40:14 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES INFANTRYMEN CROUCHING IN JUNGLE, WITH WEAPONS READY, PROTECTING LANDING AREA. CHANOOK HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER AS IT LOWERS SUPPLIES TO ARTILLERY BATTERY BELOW. 00:40:36 - ARTILLERY MAN PEERS THROUGH RANGE FINDER AS HE TURNS WHEEL TO SET RANGE ON HOWITZER. 00:40:59 - INFANTRYMEN GATHER IN FIELD READY TO BOARD NEARBY HELICOPTERS. VARIOUS VIEWS MEN BOARDING HELICOPTERS IN FIELD DURING 1ST STAGE OF "SDM". 00:42:17 - FIGHTER PLANES BOMB HEAVY JUNGLE AREAS IN PREPARATION FOR HELICOPTER LANDINGS BY SEARCH AND DESTROY INFANTRY. VARIOUS SCENES ARTILLERY BATTERY FIRING TO SOFTEN THE AREA. AERIAL SMALL AIRPLANE DIRECTS AIR STRIKE BY DROPPING SMOKE MARKERS ON TARGET AREA. 00:42:55 - COMMANDING OFFICER, CIGAR IN MOUTH, DIRECTS OPERATION FROM PLANE OVER TARGET AREA. 00:43:38 - AERIAL MONTAGE SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS FROM 'ARA' BATTALION FLYING OVER FUTURE LANDING ZONE (LZ). POV HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE. FIGHTER SQUADRON PEEL OFF FOR BOMBING RUN. 00:44:10 - AERIAL HUGE EXPLOSIONS FROM BOMBS POV FIGHTER CAMERA. AERIAL GOOD SHOT ARA HELICOPTER FIRING MISSILE BARRAGE INTO LZ. 00:45:15 - AERIAL VIEW TROP CARRYING HELICOPTERS LANDING IN FIELDS BELOW. GROUND VIEW SAME. TROOPS MOVE OUT TO ENLARGE THE PERIMETER. MORTAR UNITS SET UP, FIRE MORTARS. HELICOPTERS LANDING ON HIGH GROUND AROUND PERIMETER, DISCHARGE TROOPS. 00:46:25 - TROOPS PILE OUT OF REAR RAMP OF CH-47 CHANOOK. MONTAGE TROOPS FAN OUT IN SEARCH OF ENEMY IN THICK JUNGLE. 00:46:45 - GIS ENTER SMALL THATCHED HUT VILLAGE, GATHER THE VILLAGERS, SPEAK HAVE SMOKE WITH MALE VILLAGER. TWO GIS WITH RIFLES READY WATCH AS WOMAN WITH THREE CHILDREN CLIMB OUT OF UNDERGROUND SHELTER. 00:47:09 - INFANTRY CONTINUES THROUGH JUNGLE. MONTAGE ARTILLERY UNITS FIRING. AERIAL ARA HELICOPTERS FIRING MISSILES SATURATE AREA BELOW WITH EXPLOSIONS. POV CAMERA HELICOPTER. 00:47:39 - GIS QUESTION VIET CONG, OFFER DRINK FROM CANTEEN TO WOUNDED ENEMY LYING ON GROUND. MONTAGE VARIETY CAPTURED PRIMITIVE VIET CONG WEAPONS. GI BURNS DOWN HUT WITH FLAME THROWER. 00:48:06 - NATIVE MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN BEING EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER. VIET CONG BEING PHYSICALLY MAN-HANDLED DISLODGED FROM HIDING PLACES IN ROCKY CAVES. VIET CONG PRISONERS UNDER GUARD BOARDING REAR RAMP OF CHANOOK HELICOPTER. 00:48:41 - CU BLIND FOLDED VIET CONG PRISONER BEING QUESTIONED AS GI PERUSES CAPTURED DOCUMENTS. 00:49:08 - MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS OF TIRED SOLDIERS SLEEPING ON GROUND. CU SIGN OUTSIDE TENT: "AN KHE DS/GS BATTALION BATH POINT". BLACK GI STARTS TO REMOVE CLOTHING FOR BATH. GI POURS PAIL OF WATER ON NUDE GI SITTING IN BARREL FULL OF WATER ANOTHER GI WASHES HIS BACK WITH SOAP. 00:49:50 - CU GI CLOSES EYES AS BUDDY POURS PAIL OF WATER OVER HIS HEAD. 00:50:00 - PAN SEARCH AND DESTROY UNIT CLEARING AREA ALONG RIVER FOR HELICOPTER EVACUATION UPON COMPLETION OF MISSION. SHIRTLESS GI USES MACHETE TO CUT PROTRUDING BRANCHES. VOICE OVER TELLS OF FIVE THINGS TO DO DURING EVACUATION TO AVOID TACTIC OF VIET CONG ZAPPING LAST UNIT OUT. 00:51:15 - DAMAGED HELICOPTER IS PROTECTED BY GIS IN DENSE GRASSY AREA BEFORE IT IS AIRLIFTED OUT. HUGE "CHANOOK" HELICOPTER LIFTS DAMAGED HELICOPTER OUT OF BRUSH VIA SLING. 00:51:53 - "CLEAR AND HOLD OPERATIONS" MONTAGE U.S. AND SOUTH VIETNAM SOLDIERS TAKE OVER VILLAGE, REMOVE VIET CONG AND THEIR INFLUENCE, THEN CONVINCE POPULACE YOU ARE THERE TO STAY, PROTECT THEM. 00:52:10 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES VIET CONG MEN WITH HANDS TIED BEHIND BACK AND TAKEN AWAY. VIET CONG POW. GI TAKES HAND FULL OF TNT STICKS FROM BOX. VIET CONG BASE, SOURCE OF SUPPLY, BEING BLOWN UP 00:53:02 - TWO YOUNG VIET CONG MEN AND A WOMAN ARE LED BY GIS THROUGH RICE PADDY, WITH HANDS TIED. U.S. OFFICERS DISCUSS TACTICS WITH SOUTH VIETNAMESE OFFICER IN FIELD. 00:53:47 - "SUPPORT MISSIONS" ATTACK HELICOPTERS ASSISTING SOUTH VIET FORCES ON GROUND. VIETNAMESE WORKERS LOAD SACKS OF RICE FROM THEIR HARVEST ONTO CHANOOK HELICOPTER. 00:54:40 - LARGE "FLYING CRANE" HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER, LIFTS DAMAGED FIGHTER PLANE FROM FIELD, TRANSPORTS IT DIRECTLY TO DOCK OF SHIP AT ANCHOR FOR REPAIR OR SALVAGE. 00:54:59 - MONTAGE MEMBERS OF FIRST TEAM PROVIDE INITIAL SECURITY FOR ALLIED FORCES OF 24TH, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISIONS AND UNITS OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK), SEEN MARCHING ASHORE FROM LANDING CRAFTS. MACHINE GUNNER BEHIND SANDBAG BUNKER. 00:55:34 - "ROAD CLEARING OPERATIONS" FIRST TEAM MEMBERS USE MINE DETECTOR ON GROUNDS TO CLEAR FIELDS NEAR ROADS. CARAVAN OF ALLIED TRUCKS RIDE DOWN HIGHWAY. 00:55:59 - SHIRTLESS ARTILLERY MEN SET UP HOWITZERS. SQUADRON OF LOW FLYING HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS ALSO PROVIDE COVER. AERIAL VIEW OF WINDING ROAD SURROUNDED BY HILLS. POV HELICOPTER WHOSE MACHINE GUN SEEN IN FRGD. 00:56:25 - CU PAN DAMAGED, AMBUSHED JEEP, LYING IN GULLY. MEDICS PROVIDE FIRST AID TO WOUNDED GI DRIVER. 00:56:59 - HIGHWAY PASSING THROUGH NATIVE VILLAGE. TRUCKS, NATIVE RIDING SMALL DONKEY DRIVEN BUGGY, THREE WHEELED MOPED MADE INTO SMALL TRUCK, PASS BY. 00:57:24 - "CIVIC ACTION" NATIVE WOMEN SQUAT AS THEY WASH CLOTHING ALONG RIVER BANK. GI PASSES OUT PAPER MONEY TO NATIVE MEM, WOMEN WORKERS BUILDING ROADS, FILLING SAND BAGS. 00:57:48 - GI AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST EXAMINES CROP WITH VIETNAMESE FARMER IN FENCED IN HAMLET. CU PIGS IN STY. 00:57:59 - GI TEACHER TEACHES CLASS TO VIET CHILDREN, ADULTS. MONTAGE AMERICAN DOCTOR EXAMINES, TREATS NATIVE CHILDREN AT OUTDOOR CLINIC. INJECTS NATIVE BOY'S BARE BUTTOCKS, AS GI HOLDS HIM. 00:58:49 - VIETNAM MEDIC TREATS WOUND ON ELDERLY WOMAN'S FOOT AS U.S. DOCTOR WATCHES. 00:59:14 - CROWD OF NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN CHEER AS SOUTH VIETNAM FLAG IS RAISED IN VILLAGE. VIET ARMY BAND PLAYS. 00:59:36 - GIS FEED VIETNAMESE CHILDREN CAFETERIA STYLE AT OUTDOOR CHOW LINE. 01:00:18 - CU GENERAL KINNARD, COMMANDER OF 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION, DISCUSSES EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR MOBILITY IN COMBAT. UH-1B "HUEY" HELICOPTER IN FIELD IN BKGD. 01:00:26 - MAJOR GENERAL JOHN THORTON IS CONGRATULATED AS HE TAKES OVER COMMAND OF 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION WHEN GENERAL KINNARD IS REASSIGNED IN MAY, 1966. 01:01:41 - CU MAJOR GENERAL JOHN J. COLTON WHO TOOK OVER COMMAND IN APRIL 1967, PINS MEDAL ON OFFICER'S CHEST AT FRONT. 01:01:51 - TROOPS SLIDING DOWN LONG ROPES FROM HOVERING HELICOPTER TO GROUND. TROOPS CLIMBING DOWN LONG LADDER FROM HOVERING CHANOOK HELICOPTER. 01:02:43 - MONTAGE POMP AND CEREMONY ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN DURING MEDAL AWARD CEREMONIES FOR 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. CU MEDAL OF HONOR HELD BY WHITE GLOVED HAND TO BE AWARDED TO LT. WALTER J. MAAS, JR. AND OTHERS. 01:03:15 - MEDIC THROWS BLANKET OVER BODY OF GI IN VIETNAM. 01:03:59 - MONTAGE VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES BY 1ST CAVALRY HELICOPTERS, ARTILLERY, GROUND TROOPS AS VOICE OVER MENTIONS LIST OF BATTLE SITES. 01:04:36 - PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON (LBJ) DRAPES UNIT MEDAL OVER 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION'S FLAG IN CEREMONY ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN, MAKES SPEECH. CU LT. GENERAL KINNARD IS THERE. (9/15/67) 01:05:59 - "KNOW YOUR ENEMY, THE VIET CONG" VIET CONG (VC) B&W PROPAGANDA FILM SHOWS VC IN ACTION BEHIND LINES, SHOWING THEIR TACTICS, TECHNIQUES. 01:07:04 - VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE FILM TITLE, WHICH TRANSLATED SAYS, "MILITARY OPERATIONS BY THE PLAF 9TH VIET CONG MAIN FORCE DIVISION, IN RETALIATION FOR THE BOMBING OF HANOI AND HAIPHONG". 01:07:17 - VC PLAF DIVISION POLITICAL OFFICER ADDRESSES DIVISION MEMBERS IN OUTDOOR JUNGLE CLASSROOM. PAN VC MEMBERS WEARING CRUDE PAPER BANNERS ACROSS CHEST PROCLAIMING DETERMINATION TO AVENGE BOMBINGS. CU BANNER. PAN HATS WITH CARDS SAYING SAME. 01:07:51 - POLITICAL OFFICER PRESENTS SMALL PIECES OF ROPES SYMBOLIZING BATTLE WILL BE WON. PRISONERS TAKEN. CU ZOOM VC SOLDIER STANDING AT ATTENTION WITH RIFLE IN HAND. 01:08:10 - "MILITARY OPERATIONS PLAF 9TH DIVISION (MAIN FORCE)" VC SOLDIER BLOWS BUGLE TO SOUND ATTACK, VC SPRING OUT OF JUNGLE CARRYING ALL SORTS OF WEAPONS IN ATTACK AGAINST AMERICAN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER. CU MONTAGE VC FIRING WEAPONS. 01:08:38 - CU GRAPHIC SCENES AMERICAN CREW MEMBERS LYING DEAD ON JUNGLE GROUND. GIS WITH HANDS RAISED ARE TAKEN PRISONER, WALKED THROUGH ROUGH JUNGLE GROUND WITHOUT SHOES. 01:09:10 - VC GUERRILLAS CARRY WEAPONS AND SUPPLIES THROUGH JUNGLE IN PREPARATION FOR ATTACK ON ALLIED UNITS. WOMEN, CHILDREN CARRY SUPPLIES, TOWARDS CAMERA. MACHINE GUN BULLET BANDANAS CRISS-CROSSED ON THEIR CHESTS. SQUADRON ALLIED HELICOPTERS FLYING ABOVE. 01:09:29 - VC GUERRILLA FORCE RUN TOWARDS CAMERA IN DOUBLE LINE, CARRYING SMALL, HEAVY ARMS ON SHOULDERS. PRESSING THROUGH THICK BAMBOO JUNGLE, VC OFFICER WAVES HIS MEN ON. MONTAGE INDIVIDUALS RUNNING WITH WEAPONS. 01:10:09 - VC MACHINE GUNNER, BACK TO CAMERA, OTHERS, FIRE ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE UNIT DURING AMBUSH. DEAD SOUTH VIET, AMERICAN, TROOPS LITTER JUNGLE FLOOR. CU PAN COMMUNICATION PACK ON BACK OF DEAD GI 01:10:31 - MONTAGE VC COLLECT WEAPONS OFF BODIES OF DEAD U.S. AND SOUTH VIET SOLDIERS. VC IS DECORATED FOR HEROIC DEED WHEN BRINGING IN AMERICAN WEAPON. SMILING VC CARRY CAPTURED WEAPONS THROUGH JUNGLE. 01:10:59 - MONTAGE PAN VC CLEANING, LOGGING, REPAIRING CAPTURED WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT ASSAULT. 01:11:26 - VC COMPANY COMMANDER SQUATS WITH HIS OFFICERS TO PERUSE MAP BEFORE ALL-OUT ATTACK ON SMALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE HAMLET. CU BUGLER SOUNDS THE CHARGE. HUNDREDS VC SPRING OUT OF JUNGLE TO ATTACK, PASSING OVERTURNED U.S. VEHICLE. 01:12:25 - CU SOUTJ VIETNAMESE PRISONERS, HEADS BOWED, HANDS TIED, ARE MARCHED THROUGH JUNGLE 01:12:38 - VC BRASS BAND WITH BANJO, GUITAR, PLAY. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES NATIVE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME DO ETHNIC DANCE. VC SOLDIERS SIT, WATCH, SMILE. APPLAUD WHEN ENDED. 01:13:08 - NARRATOR STANDS BEHIND FILM PROJECTOR. WATCHES MONITOR. ZOOM IN NARRATOR. TELLS FILM'S PURPOSE IS TO SHOW COMMUNIST SIDE OF WAR, BUT ALSO SHOWS METHODS, MOTIVES USED BY VC. 01:13:53 - "VIET CONG LOGISTICS AND DEMOLITION" VC MALE, ARMED FEMALE GUERRILLAS, WADE THROUGH WAIST AND CHEST DEEP SWAMP IN JUNGLE, CARRYING SACKS OF RICE, SUPPLIES ON THEIR HEAD. 01:14:29 - LONG LINE OF VC CARRY SUPPLIES ON SPECIALLY REENFORCED BIKES, WALKING THEM THROUGH JUNGLE. TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:14:55 - VC COMES ACROSS UNEXPLODED ALLIED BOMB. VC DEMOLITION EXPERT DEFUSES BOMB, OTHERS TAKE OUT POWDER AND USE CASING TO MAKE BOOBY TRAPS, HAND GRENADES. 01:15:20 - VC USE HACK-SAW TO CUT UP CASING, AS MAN IN BKGD SMASHES CASING WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, ALL PARTS OF BOMB IS UTILIZED. CU VC FASHIONS BOOBY TRAP BY HAND. BOOBY TRAP ATTACHED TO OVERHEAD TREE LIMB. 01:16:02 - MONTAGE LONG COLUMN MALE FEMALE VC WALK ON TRAIN TRACKS IN JUNGLE CARRYING LONG BAMBOO POLES. CU VC SABOTAGING RAILROAD TRACKS, USE BAMBOO AS LEVERS TO LIFT TRACK OFF BED. GOVERNMENT TRAIN THAT HAS BEEN DERAILED. CU TRACK THAT HAS BEEN BLASTED. 01:17:05 - COMMUNIST INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTS VC IN JUNGLE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, USING MODEL BRIDGE. CU HANDMADE EXPLOSIVES. VC CLIMBS BRIDGE, PLANTS CHARGES. BRIDGE BLOWING UP, COLLAPSING. DESTROYED BRIDGE. 01:18:13 - NARRATOR WATCHES MONITOR AS SEVERAL PROJECTORS ROLL. 01:19:05 - CHINESE DELEGATION VISITS NLF IN SOUTH VIETNAM BANNERS AND SIGNS WELCOMING CHINESE WRITERS. CROWDS RISE TO APPLAUD. PHOTOS OF HO CHI MINH AND MAO TSE- TUNG ARE HELD UP BY BOTH SIDES. FEMALES DO TRADITIONAL VIETNAM DANCE. 01:20:01 - VC CRAFTSMEN CARVE WOODEN TYPE FOR PRIMITIVE PRESS, PRINT PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS. ALL APPLAUD. 01:20:39 - VC CARRY WOUNDED COMRADES THROUGH JUNGLE, ON HAMMOCK- TYPE STRETCHERS, TO UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL. 01:21:32 - NORTH VIETNAMESE FOUR STAR GENERAL NGUYEN CHI THANH, COMMANDING OFFICER COSVN, VISITS UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL IN WAR ZONE C. FOLLOWED BY CADRE OF VC. LISTENS TO WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL. 01:22:45 - BRIGADIER GENERAL TRAN DO, COSVN POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ADDRESS PAVN AND PLAF CADRE AT MEETING FOR WINTER-SPRING OFFENSIVE 1967. 01:23:11 - CU NARRATOR MAKES FINAL STATEMENT. }U
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: V-2505