| Vietnam Report: Congressmen Tour Refugee Camps | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1741 |
| Catalog #: | 426814 | |
| Clip Number: | 426814-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 038-088-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:43:18 - 00:44:19 | |
| Location: | Hoakhanh / Danang, South Vietnam | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Foreign Aid LOCATIONS/SOUTHEAST ASIA: Vietnam (Indochina), South Vietnam PERSONALITIES: Kennedy, Edward (Ted) WAR & CONFLICT: Refugees | |
| Description: | Film has some damage It's the season for Congressional junkets and South Vietnam refugee camps are visited by a legislative party that includes Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. A center at Hoakhanh near Danang military base is sheltering civilians driven from their homes as the Vietcong were backed deeper into the jungle. A Wide Angle Shot of the camp with refugees and soldiers walking about. The faces of some of the children in the camp, holding up little American flags. A young Senator Edward Kennedy. Refugees standing very orderly watching Senator Kennedy. Panning Shot - American aid neatly stacked, food, medicine etc. Rear shot - Senator Kennedy's motorcade driving to another camp near Danang military base. MS - Children standing on a porches of large huts that are raised by post. CUS - Little boy ages from 5 to 13 years old. Side profile of Senator Edward Kennedy looking over some papers. A Vietnamese mother holding a child in her arms standing in a door way. Senator Kennedy walking with an army entourage. | |
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