| Viet Sweep - Troops Take Cong Stronghold | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1758 |
| Catalog #: | 425707 | |
| Clip Number: | 425707-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-018-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Bong Son Plain, Vietnam | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Vietnam (Indochina) MILITARY: Cavalry WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Battle WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Casualties WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Refugees WAR & CONFLICT/VIETNAM: Vietcong | |
| Description: | "Operation Pershing" sweeps across the Bong Son Plain in South Vietnam, to route a huge Viet Cong force. Village civilians are caught between the two fighting forces and several Viet Cong suspects are found, injured Villagers treated, and the village is burned. Aerial shot - Land that was once used for farming, you can see where the crops grew in rows. MS - Rear shot of three US 1st Cavalry soldiers, one is laying on his stomach, one is crouched under a palm tree and the last one is kneeling by some tall grass. High Angle Shot - An explosion from a hand grenade, land mine or small rocket. MS - Two soldiers one is kneeling and the other is standing at the bottom of a knoll with their riffles in their hands. MS - Enemy suspects that use grenades, automatic weapons and land mines to slow the advance of US Cavalry Divisions are taken as prisoners by the US Cavalry soldiers. MS - Walking through a lot of smoke the soldiers slowly walk into the village, a mothers coming out of grass hut with one baby in her arm's and the other child at her side. CU - A necessary evil, the soldiers have to burn down the village (so it can't be used as a base of operations by the VC). MS - Mother with two children, in the background their hut is being burned down to the ground. CU - An old lady looking at the burning of her village, the burning of her memories. MS - Two soldiers and a burning inferno is taking place behind them. CU - Little Vietnamese girl crying holding her shoes watching her village burn. CU - US soldiers carrying a woman and a child who are injured and traumatized by the war. | |
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