Special Forces Activities, Vietnam
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 Release No. 23-63 LR 2523 Footage: 210' DUPE NEGATIVE TO: 6 February 1963 FINE GRAIN TO; SPECIAL FORCES ACTIVITIES VIET NAM (Official Army footage released by Department of Defense) Film presents some of the activities of the United States Army Special Forces in Viet Nam. MS army Special Forces' There primary purpose in Viet Nam is to locate, train and arm the men of the more distant and primitive villages, notably Montagnards, into an organized military unit for counter guerrilla action against the Viet Cong. Sequences show: (a) Newly arrived trainees of the Self Defense Corps arrive for a class in weaponry. (b) Sick call at Chan Lang village. Medium and closeups of the Special Forces men, the villagers, the interpreter and examinations. (c) C-46 aircraft. Interior showing the cargo. (d) Special Forces men and helper pushing chuted supplies out for Mang Buk village. (a) Pushing rice out of Caribou aircraft for free fall air drop over Tri Bong. (f) Scene of the area after the drop. NOTE TO EDITORS: 210' 35mm B/W film handed out to Fox-UP, 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. taped 9/71/63 Riffy NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY Pfid 11/7/63 The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. I t 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. E10575
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer