AIR ASSAULT AND SWEEP (2D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION) BONGSON VALLEY, SOUTH VIETNAM Part 1

Description

Night scenes of UH-1D copters coming in for landing. Flares in the sky. Silhouettes of soldiers waiting for copter pickup. Dawn shots of UH-1Ds taking off and landing. Dawn scenes of soldiers waiting for copters; officer speaks over radio. Silhouette of soldier in doorway of UH-1D in flight. Dawn, air-to-air, UH-1Ds in flight. Dawn UH-1D hovers low over ground; soldiers jump off and take cover. Dawn. Soldier with M-16 rifle at the ready. Day. Soldiers walking on trail and across wooden bridge. Soldiers walk past punji stake traps. VS, soldiers detonate a booby trap. Soldier and officer speak over radio. VS, suspects are rounded up and grouped. UH-1D medicopter lands. A wounded Vietcong is put aboard. The copter takes off. Other Vietcong board UH-1D and it takes off. Dawn. UH-1Ds landing; soldiers getting off and the copters flying away. Day. Soldier searching a hut. Soldier checks tunnel. Medic treats villagers.Soldiers crossing field. Soldiers on hillside and moving thru brush. Soldiers search an abandoned hut.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection