USS ERNEST G. SMALL (DDR-838) FIRING OFF CHU LAI, R.V.N Part 2

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1) LA CU 5" gun barrel protruding from port side the USS ERNEST G. SMALL (DDR-838). (SV)2) CU Guns firing at selected targets off Chu Lai, several rounds are fired, smoke drifting toward BG, slight lull and the guns again commence firing. G3) MS Looking down over upper weather deck-edge showing rain hitting deck, water slushing back and forth. G4) CU Ship"s compass on wing of bridge in rain. (SV) G to F5) CU Telephone talker on deck, water dripping from his helmet as he stands in rain. G6) CU Rain-soaked crewmen handling ammunition cans on deck after cease fire; (SV) of man stacking up ammunition cans. G7) CU Rain-soaked crewmen standing on deck. G8) MLS Hundreds of shell casings strewn about deck after firing man seen in BG stacking up shells.9) CU Shells being stacked up next to the life line. G10) MS Ammunition cans being removed from gun mount in BG. G11) LA MS Men working on deck, tossing debris over side after cease fire. G12) MCU Man on deck throwing some debris over starb"d side; shell casings on deck are being stacked up. G13) CU Empty shell casings being placed in can and passed on to another man. G14) CU Man places lid on cans. F15) MS Many shell casings on deck, one man throws some small bits of debris over side. G16) CU Man working with shell cans. (SV) F to P17) MLS LCPL-type boat underway parallel with beach; beach in BG. G (this is off Vung Mu)18) MS Looking out over starb"d side of LCM heading in toward beach in BG at Vung Mu. G19) MS Marines departing from LCM, walking over stacks of life jackets on deck. G20) MCU Man in camouflaged jacket and shorts sitting on beach; Marines sitting in BG. G21) MCU Mechanical mule loaded with supplies, three Marines next to vehicle. G22) CU Two Marines chatting, pointing inland. (SV) G23) MS Lone Marine walking over sandy beach; PAN up showing three Marine helicopters in flight coming in over beach. G24) MS Ontos tank moving along beach, parallel with surf; PAN to right showin g group of Marines around mechanical mule loaded down with supplies in FG.25) CU Ontos moving over sand dune, moving inland.26) LA CU Guns of the ERNEST G. SMALL pointed out over starb"d side and commencing to fire, smoke from powder drifts to BG. (SV) G to F27) MS Looking toward *1 and *2 mounts on foo"sle firing to port, unseen target at right; guns after are also firing but not seen. (shaky G to F)28) LA MS Smoke ring moving in sky; PAN back to guns blasting away, occasional smoke ring seen in sky hanging over ship"s side; guns continue to fire, smoke drifts over superstructure and out of scene at left. (shaky G to F)29) MLS Fox Company sweeping village and area on north end of Vung Mu peninsula; many Marines are spread out. G30) MCU Battered hut, lone Marine enters with his gun. G31) MCU Two Marines looking through window of battered hut. G32) CU Marine, on knee, in heavy undergrowth; women and children file by in single file with belongings as Marines from Fox Company sweep village clear of Viet Cong. VG33) LS Hundreds of Marines walking across rice paddy; PAN to right showing Marines spread out in wide area, advancing in toward tall jungle growth and trees in BG. VG34) AtoG MLS Marine group on hillside, no vegetation. G35) AtoG MS Marine Command post consisting of LVTP-5 along hillside, men have fire burning at side of vehicle; PAN to left over sandy area showing many Marines in BG, this is at Vung Mu Beach, Viet Nam. G36) LS Smoke rising from mountain peak in far BG, being hit by close air support aircraft; water seen in FG; beach in distant BG.37) MS LCU-1495 approaching with tanks. VG38) HA CU LCU-1495 entering flooded well deck of USS POINT DEFIANCE (LSD-31) with tanks aboard. (SV) F to P39) HA MS Looking toward bridge of 1495. VG40) HA MS Tank departing from LCU into well deck of LSD. VG41) MS LCU backing out of flooded well deck of LSD. G42) CU Navy enlisted man on deck looking over sea with binoculars from USS ERNEST G. SMAL

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities