Secretary of Defense in Southeast Asia Sees Operation Sunrise, South Vietnam

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES R 1920 THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 (A) Release No. 105-62 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Footage: 200' FINE GRAIN TO; 14 May 1962 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA SEES OPERATION SUNRISE (Official Dept. of Defense footage released by Dept. of Defense) On his recent trip to South East Asia, Secretary of Defense MaNamara looks over a South Vietnam village putting up defenses against Communist guerrilla attacks. This is one of the villages included in Operation Sunrise. Accompanied by General Lyman L. Lemmitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U., S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Frederick E. Nolting, Jr.g (white suit), General Paul D. Harkins, USA, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Arthur Sylvester (grey suit). The party sees the bamboo spike fortifications reminiscent of U. S. Frontier village barracades against Indian raids. The Secretary also attended briefings on the local situation before departing by helicopter for other inspections. Sequences show: (a) Secretary of Defense and party walking around village. (b) Inspecting outer defenses of bankoo spiles. 2 (c) Attnding a briefing by local military commander. (a) Departure by helicopter for further inspection. NOTE TO EDITORS: 200' 35mm fine grain handed out to Telenews, Washington, for servicing both TV and theatrical pool members. Fine grain to be forwarded to Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York, within 72 hours. typed tyme 8-27-62 Ptd, NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. £10575

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Filmed News Releases