RELOCATION OF MONTAGNARD VILLAGERS Part 4

Description

Summary: Montagnard villagers who have voluntarily given up their homes in the mountains in order to escape from the Vietcong. About 9,000 of the mountain people are settling in the area of the Special Forces camp. The military units are Det A, 76B, USA Special Forces Group and MAAG. VS, Vietnamese soldiers unloading supplies from trucks, mostly clothing and blankets donated by the US Overseas Mission, Crates are opened. Mr Lamarr Prosser, USOM, and other Americans pass out supplies to the villagers. MSs, CUs, women and children. Old parachutes being given to the villagers along with the other supplies. Temporary medical aid station that was set up. SFC Ted R Prewitt, US Special Forces, giving treatment to an old man with leprosy. Villagers with some of their new clothing. CU, boy with Vietnamese flag. MS, boy putting on pair of oversized shoes. Other children walking around in their new shoes. Maj Vo Van Ba, province chief, speaks to the villagers and then distributes 500 piastres (money) to each head of a family. Another medical aid station. Capt Gary L Muse and SFC Fred Y Thayler treating villagers. Mr John Fleming of the Christian Missionary Alliance is helping them. MS, CU, young boy being examined. MS, group of villagers. CU, young boy. MS, CU, several old men of the village sitting together and talking. NOTE: Very good scenes of the mountain people.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection