FIRE FIGHT ON HILL *55 Hill *55, south of Da Nang Part 3

Description

1) LS PAN view from hill *55, smoke risign from areas in BG; PAN further up to left, small foot bridge leading across stream. G2) CU Tank with sandbags around it, tank commander in hatch. G3) LS White smoke rising from area in far BG; PAN to left, more smoke rising up from wooded area in BG, another shell exploding in wooded area in BG, smoke drifting off. G4) MS Tank earth placed around tank, crew manning machine gun, tank fires round. VG5) MLS Tank firing another round. G6) MS Tank firing round from hill *55, one man is seated in top of tank behind machine gun. G7) CU Tank, man runs by with rifle. G8) LS Down from hill, bridge across river, smoke rises from ground across river.9) CU Tank backing away, dozer blade on front of it, tank then moves shead out of scene at left, building in BG. G10) HA MLS Tanks and other equipment along river"s edge, tank fires round near wooded area in BG VG11) LS Past barbed wire showing wooded area in BG covered with white smoke. G12) HA LS Vietnamese carrying wounded civilian on stretcher along dirt road, barbed-wire entanglement in FG, jeep passes group moving off to left, kicking up dust. G13) HA MLS Two trucks leaving side of river, moving toward right, tanks are in place along river"s edge, open flat area in BG; woods, barbed wire in FG. G14) MLS Down reddish dirt roadway, Vietnamese approaching with wounded on stretcher. VG15) MCU Vietnamese carrying wounded civilian on stretcher.16) CU Vietnamese civilian on homemade stretcher being carried off; open countryside in BG.17) CU Vietnamese with long pole over their shoulders, carrying wounded civilian. (SV)18) CU Feet of wounded man seen from under straw matting. VG19) MLS LVTP-5 vehicle moving down dusty road, barbed wire in FG. G20) HA MLS Tanks and other equipment along river"s edge. VG21) MS Shell striking edge of woods, large column of smoke. G to F22) LS Out over wooded area; PAN to right, smoke rising from wooded area near clearing.23) MS Straw huts across river bank. G24) MS Smoke rising from clumps of trees across river. G25) MS Tank near river"s edge; PAN further to left, other vehicles, huts in mid BG. G26) LS White smoke rising from flat terrain in BG; zoom in toward terrain past barbed wire in FG; zoom in further showing bunker along small ridge. G27) HA MS Tanks and vehicles along rivers edge, hut beyond other side of river at edge of clearing28) HA MS LVTP-5 and other smaller vehicles on edge of river. G29) HA MLS Vietnamese civilians carrying a wounded civilian on homemade stretcher along dirt road. G30) HA LS Four or five troops in open field advancing toward BG (Marine Patrol going into area after let up of fire looking for VC); barbed wire in FG.31) LS Patrol moving through clearing around edge of woods looking for Viet Cong, seen from hill *55. VG

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities