- Title: VM-1185
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:50 - SHIRTLESS GIS UNLOAD TRUCK OF THEIR EQUIPMENT & PLACE IT ON GROUND IN A PILE. CU BLACK, SHIRTLESS GI PLAYS GUITAR AS HIS BUDDIES SET UP TENT IN OPEN VIETNAM FIELD 00:04:20 - CU GI DILIGENTLY SITS AND CLEANS HIS RIFLE IN HEAT OF SUN. GI SITS IN HIGH GRASS & EATS FROM HIS CAN OF RATIONS. 00:04:35 - MONTAGE GIS SNAKE THROUGH VIETNAM JUNGLE IN SINGLE FILE. GIS WADING THROUGH CHEST HIGH WATER IN JUNGLE. GI CHOPS HIS WAY THROUGH JUNGLE BRUSH WITH BOLO 00:05:14 - GI WALKS THROUGH RICE PADDY IN ANKLE-DEEP WATER. GROUP OF GIS RETURN TO CAMP AFTER NIGHT ON AMBUSH PATROL. THE SHIRTLESS GIS LINE UP FOR HOT BREAKFAST. 00:06:05 - CU COOK PUTS FRESH EGGS ON GRILL. GIS WAIT FOR THEM TO COOK. COOK PLACES OVER LIGHT EGGS ON DISH. BACON IS ADDED. CU GI LATHERS HIS FACE FOR SHAVE. CU HE LOOKS THROUGH SMALL MIRROR & SHAVES 00:07:17 - SHOWER-HEAD & GI'S HEAD UNDER IT AS HE SHOWERS. GI UNDER SHOWER IS SEEN FROM SHOULDERS UP AS HE SHOWERS AND CHATS WITH BLACK BUDDY. 00:07:55 - SHIRTLESS GI SITS ATOP BUNKER WITH BUDDY & WRITE HOME. HE THINKS BEFORE WRITING HIS BUDDY CLEANS HIS "BEST FRIEND" THE RIFLE. 00:08:40 - THREE GIS AND VIET INTERPRETER, GATHER AROUND BLINDFOLDED VIET CONG AND INTERROGATE HIM. OFFICER TELLS INTERPRETER WHAT TO ASK PRISONER. 00:09:18 - GIS USE SHOVELS TO FILL SANDBAGS TO REINFORCE BUNKERS RINGING CAMP. GIS PLACE BARBED WIRE AROUND OUTER DEFENSES. 00:10:20 - BLACK AND WHITE GIS SET TRIP WIRES NEAR BARBED WIRE WHICH SET OFF FLARES AT NIGHT IF VIET CONG TRY TO PENETRATE DEFENSES. CU GIS PLANT CLAYMORE MINES IN CASE VIET CONG GET PASSED BARBED WIRE. 00:12:15 - MONTAGE GI PATROL, WITH BANDANAS OF MACHINE GUN BULLETS AROUND THEIR CHEST PATROL JUNGLE AND VILLAGE SEARCHING EACH HUT. GIS FIND ONLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. INDICATING A VIET CONG VILLAGE. 00:13:16 - PATROL LEAVES VILLAGE AND PASSES THROUGH DENSE AREA OF UNDERBRUSH. 00:14:06 - AT THE CAMP, MESS STAFF SETS UP METAL CONTAINERS CONTAINING EVENING HOT MEAL OF HAM, MASHED POTATOES AND CREAMED SPINACH 00:14:39 - GIS ON SENTRY DUTY AROUND CAMP SIT IN TREE AND SCAN AREA WITH STARLIGHT SCOPE WHICH SEES IN DARK GI THINKS OUT LOUD, "HERE WE GO AGAIN, HOPE CHARLIE DOESN'T HIT US TONIGHT" 00:15:18 - 2 GIS WASH THEIR CLOTHING AND HELMETS IN SMALL POND MADE BY RAIN DURING NIGHT, NEXT TO TENTS. THEY CHAT AS THEY WASH. 00:15:55 - GI BARBER CUTS HAIR AND MAKES SMALL TALK WITH HIS "CLIENT". 00:16:20 - GROUP OF SHIRTLESS GIS GATHER IN CIRCLE AND HAVE USUAL BULL SESSIONS. ONE OF THEM HAS PET MONKEY ON HIS SHOULDER, WHO JUMPS AROUND FROM SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. 00:17:07 - BLACK AND WHITE GIS GATHER AROUND MAILMAN HANDING OUT MAIL. 00:17:41 - PATROL COMMANDER REPORTS ON FIELD PHONE THE FINDING OF SERIES OF VIET CONG UNDERGROUND TUNNELS. 00:18:32 - SHIRTLESS GI, "TUNNEL RAT", ENTERS TUNNEL WITH FLASHLIGHT & PISTOL. HE NARRATES AS HE CRAWLS AROUND. CU WINE BOTTLE AND EMPTY BAG LIES ON GROUND OF TUNNEL. 00:19:17 - GIS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES ARRIVE BY BUS AT REST & RECUPERATION CENTER AT VAN TAO WHERE GIS MAY EASE TENSION AND FATIGUE OF COMBAT. 00:19:39 - AERIAL GIS WALK INTO THE PLUSH CENTER RUN BY U.S. ARMY. THE MEN ARE GREETED BY A TAPE-RECORDED ORIENTATION MESSAGE. 00:20:40 - AFTER SEEING SLEEPING QUARTERS MEN FILL PLATES AT BUFFET TABLE CONTAINING FOODS THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IN LONG TIME. GIS EAT WITH GUSTO. 00:20:56 - VIETNAMESE FEMALE ENTERTAINERS IN MINI-SKIRTS PLAY INSTRUMENTS, SING AND DANCE ON STAGE AS VIET GIRLS SERVE GIS DRINKS AND SNACKS. 00:21:30 - VIET MUSICIANS ENTERTAIN GIS ON VERANDA AT OCEAN SIDE. 4 GIS IN SWIM SUITS PLAY GAME OF SCRIMMAGE FOOTBALL ON BEACH. 00:22:47 - GIS ARRIVE BY TRUCK AT THEIR NEW CAMP IN TAENIN PROVINCE. THEY UNHOOK THEIR EQUIPMENT TRAILER FROM THE REAR OF TRUCK. 00:23:07 - SEVERAL MEN FROM DELTA AND BRAVO COMPANY SQUAT AROUND AN OFFICER WHO TELLS THEM OF ASSAULT MISSION, BY HELICOPTER, OF VIET CONG STRONGHOLD 00:23:30 - CU BATTLE HARDENED VETERANS, ONE PUFFING ON CIGAR, LISTEN ATTENTIVELY. LONG LINES OF TROOPS WITH CAMOUFLAGED HELMETS MOVE OUT TO HELICOPTER PICK-UP AREA. 00:24:17 - MONTAGE AFTER DROP OFF IN VIET CONG AREA EACH MAN CAUTIOUSLY MOVES FORWARD THROUGH JUNGLE BRUSH AS SEARCH FOR HIDDEN ENEMY BEGINS IN ERNEST. DOGS ARE ALSO USED. 00:25:06 - SUNLIGHT SHINES THROUGH TREES, SHOT FROM BELOW 00:25:42 - GI STOOP LOW AS THEY MOVE QUICKLY FORWARD THROUGH JUNGLE AS SHOOTING RINGS OUT. GI RAKES JUNGLE WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPON 00:26:27 - CU GI CONTINUOUSLY LOADS AND FIRES HIS SHOTGUN AT HIDDEN ENEMY IN THICK JUNGLE. OTHERS FIRE THEIR RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS. CU GI FIRES TEAR GAS GUN. HUGE EXPLOSION AND SMOKE COVERS THE JUNGLE. 00:26:59 - GI STANDS OVER BODY OF VIET CONG IN FAMILIAR BLACK UNIFORM. 2 GIS PULL OUT ANOTHER BODY FROM THICK BRUSH. GI TAKES OF DEAD RED'S GUN BELT. 00:27:33 - BODIES OF 19 OTHER ENEMY SOLDIERS & WEAPONS ARE SCATTERED ON GROUND. 00:27:44 - FOUR GIS CARRY BODY OF DEAD GI TO HELICOPTER. FOR EVACUATION. 00:29:54 - HUGE MEMORIAL STATUE OF U. S. INFANTRYMAN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1969
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1185