| Heavy Combat: Snipers Take Toll Of Gi's | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425740 | |
| Clip Number: | 425740-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-022-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Bongson, Vietnam | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Courage LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Vietnam (Indochina) MILITARY: Army, USA WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Battle WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Casualties | |
| Description: | In rice paddies near Bongson Airbase, American GI's chase and finally route a force of Vietcong troops. It's a rugged battle, fought tree to tree, with grenades and sniper fire pinning U.S. Forces down. Victory comes with one American dead, four wounded....but much higher enemy causalities. Establishing shot - US soldiers in combat. MS - The bottom half (from the waist down- legs) running, holding his rifle. MS - The camera pans up on the soldier running, full body, as he falls on his stomach in a shallow fox hole. MS - Solders running under fire carrying their rifles. MS - Some soldiers running from behind a bush. MS - Soldiers laying on their stomachs in combat. MS - A soldier running using the palm trees as cover. CU - A soldier standing behind a palm tree, with his rifle held in his hands in a firing position MS - American soldiers running taking cover under an atmosphere of siege. CU - A wounded and bandaged up soldier fighting with the Viet Cong as they swarmed the countryside. MS - Soldiers kneeling by one of their buddies who was shot and killed. MS - A medical helicopter taking away the wounded. | |
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