| Bomb Rips United States Embassy | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1734 |
| Catalog #: | 426592 | |
| Clip Number: | 426592-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-027-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:16:56 - 00:18:30 | |
| Location: | Saigon, Vietnam | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Damage / Aftermath DISASTERS: Explosions LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Vietnam (Indochina), South Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) TERRORISM: Bombings WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Bombing | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 529489 Vietcong terrorism hits at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon as a bomb explodes in front of the building after it was planted in a parked car. Two Americans and eleven South Vietnamese were killed. 183 injured, many seriously. The cameraman records the scene as rescue workers ignore danger to probe the wreckage for the wounded. Most of the Vietnamese dead were passersby or workers on the first floor of the Embassy. Reaction to the outrage was one of dismay and shock in Washington. President Johnson said the bombing would serve to reinforce the Administration’s determination to give more help to South Vietnam. Saigon, Vietnam Cars are smashed up there's a pedestrian running and a ambulance pulling up. CU - Two men one holding a hankie in his hand near his ear and the other one holding a hankie on his eye. Both men are full of blood. CU - A man wearing a white shirt and tie just full of blood being led away by a man and a woman. MS - Two men helping another man whose been injured and full of blood away from the building. CU - A woman who was probably working nearby bleeding from her ear. MS - Man walking holding a hankie to his mouth his face and cloths are full of blood. CU - A European man with a bandage wrapping around his eyes being helped and led to medical treatment by two military soldiers. CU - One man full of blood on a stretcher being carried away on a stretcher smoking a cigarette. MS - Firemen putting out a car that's on fire. MS - A demolished station wagon and other cars that got caught in the reign of terror. MS - A destroyed office building. CU - A floor being hosed down and the water has plenty of blood in it. Camera panning - Office building that suffered a great deal of damage. It has a shredded American Flag on the roof that has been damaged by the bombing. | |
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