- Title: VM-1440
- Summary: MISC. VIETNAM WAR: COMBAT OPERATIONS IN VIETNAM BONG SON, BINGH PROVINCE.
- Description:00:28:35 - PAN AN KHE HELIPAD, FAMILIARLY REFERRED TO AS "THE GOLF COURSE". CH-47 "CHANOOK" HELICOPTER KICKS UP DUST CLOUD AS IT LANDS. OTHER HELICOPTERS PARKED AND LANDING ON HELIPAD. 00:29:07 - 1ST BATTALION, 12TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION OF HELICOPTERS IN TYPICAL COMBAT OPERATION GETS UNDER WAY AT AN KHE. THEY PICK UP WAITING TROOPS WHO ARE A PART OF A LARGE MISSION. 00:29:56 - TROOPS CAREFULLY SWEEP THROUGH TALL ELEPHANT GRASS LOOKING FOR BOOBY TRAPS. HELICOPTER LANDS IN CLEARING IN ELEPHANT GRASS. 1ST BATTALION COMMANDER CLIMBS OUT OF HELICOPTER, HAS CONFERENCE, CHECKS MAP WITH COMPANY COMMANDER, THEN TAKES OFF IN HELICOPTER. 00:31:00 - GIS CUT DOWN SMALL TREES, ELEPHANT GRASS TO MAKE HELICOPTER LANDING PAD FOR RAPID RESUPPLY AND REINFORCEMENT. BLACK GI USES MACHETE TO CHOP DOWN SMALL PALM TREE. TREE TUMBLES. UH-I HELICOPTER LANDS IN GRASS, GIS QUICKLY UNLOAD LARGE BOTTLES OF WATER, SUPPLIES. 00:31:45 - MONTAGE GIS BEHIND GRASS, TREES IN THICK JUNGLE GUARD PERIMETER 00:32:00 - "BONG SON: B&W FILM HUGE 175MM ARTILLERY PIECE IN ACTION. PAN TROOPS OF 25TH DIV. TAKING SHORT REST, ANSWER THEIR MAIL CALL, IN BIVOUAC AREA BEFORE GOING IN TO ACTION IN BONG SON SECTOR OF BINH DINH PROVINCE, IN OPERATION "MASHER", LATER CHANGED TO OPERATION WHITE WING. 00:33:05 - ENEMY VILLAGE IN BINH DINH PROVINCE, SURROUNDED BY TALL STRAW FENCE, IS TAKEN BY U.S. FORCES. PATROL PASSES BY HUTS WITH THATCHED ROOFS. VIET CONG PRISONERS IN BLACK PAJAMAS BEING ROUNDED UP. 00:33:22 - PAN VIET CONG PRISONERS SIT IN SQUAT POSITIONS BEHIND RAZOR WIRE FENCE. PATROL MOVING THROUGH HIGH ELEPHANT GRASS IN SEARCH OF VC RADIO TEAM. 00:34:15 - ABOVE VIEW GIS OF 1ST CAVALRY WADE THROUGH SHALLOW CREEK IN JUNGLE. (B&W FILM). GIS DIG FOX HOLE TO DIG IN FOR NIGHT. HELICOPTER WITH SUPPLIES LANDS AMID THEM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1440