UH-1B SUPPORTING PBR"s & PACV BOATS Vinh Long, R.V.N Part 1

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1) MS PAN PACV in the high grass, sitting motionless. F to P2) CU Army Special Forces Advisor aboard the PACV. G3) CU Special Forces Advisor. F4) MS Looking out over the water; a Vietnamese Special Forces fires his rifle, jumps down from the PACV, fires some more rounds into a mound sticking out of the water.5) CU Vietnamese Special Forces and one of the crewmen on deck of the PACV, as the boat skims over the grass; men fire a few rounds into the grass in areas where the V.C. may be hiding.6) CU Cameraman, movie camera up to his eyes. G7) CU One of the crewman with an M-16. G8) MS PAN PACV sitting in the tall grass and marshy water.9) MS PACV getting underway from its position; PAN, to side of the 50 Cal. Machine gun and the belt of ammo aboard the camera boat; PAN, to the gunner. G10) MCU Personnel searching one of the straw huts; Vietnamese are seen inside, a small child is crying, sitting with its mother; a pig is off to the left; when search is over the men leave. G11) CU One of the straw huts being passed by the PACV, as seen thru the windshield. G12) CU Forward gunner on his Machine gun, boat skimming over the grass (soft in focus) F to P13) CU Forward gunner, the boat moving swiftly past a straw hut, over a mound of ground. G14) MCU Lone Vietnamese in a boat moving up to the side of a PACV, man points out and explains something to the men aboard. G15) ECU Vietnamese, with a rag tied around his head.16) LS Two UH-1B "copters coming in for a landing; PAN, with the lead "copter coming in low over the flat ground; unidt. aircraft are parked in far BG.17) MS Second UH-1B coming in for a landing, moving slowly in behind the stacked up 50 gal. barrels. F18) CU Rockets being lowered into the pod by one of the crewmen of the UH-1B. G19) CU Rocket pod containing two rockets. VG20) MS Crewmen loading the rocket pod attached to the starb"d side of "copter; other crewman arrives with two more rockets. G to F21) CU Crewman loading the rockets into the pod.22) CU Rocket pod being loaded with rockets. (SV) G to F23) CU Looking over right shoulder of the pilot of the UH-1B while in flight on a strike mission; "copter is strafing an area directly ahead; hits are seen being made directly ahead; PAN, showing the waist gunner firing a few rounds. G24) CU Looking thru the windshield, strafing an area directly ahead of "copter; white smoke rises from the area; PAN, to the waist gunner firing at the area.25) CU Waist gunner firing his M-60 Machine gun from the waist hatch; shell casings are flying out of the gun towards the camera. VG26) HA MLS An area smoking on the ground after being strafed by "copter. G27) CU Looking down along the right side of Machine gun in waist hatch firing at an area below. G28) AtoG LS Looking down over the wide river, green terrain off to the right; "copter is in flight in far BG; white puff of smoke appears over the water in mid BG. G29) AtoG MLS Looking down over river bank and area inland; rocket explodes in the far BG.30) MLS Looking across the river, showing the river winding in far BG.31) CU Looking over left shoulder of the co-pilot; "copter makes a low pass over a wooded area. F32) CU Low pass being made over the water by the camera "copter and moving inland over some of the land area, passing by some straw huts; PAN continues over the flat green terrain, on around a clump of woods containing some huts. G33) AtoG CU PAN Over the palm grove and small huts at low altitude. G34) AtoG CU PAN Over the farmland, over the palm grove. G35) AtoG CU PAN Over the green flat terrain. G to F36) AtoG CU PAN Over the water, panning over a lone small Junk.37) CU Co-pilot at the controls, "copter flies low over the water and along the bank; greenery is seen off to the left (scenes are unsteady); PAN, looking across the wide river. G to F38) CU Co-pilot; PAN, out of the open hatch; PAN back to the pilot. G to F39) CU Rear view of the co-pilot, plane flying very l

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities