RIVER ASSAULT FLOT ONE Mekong Delta Part 1

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1) MS Out over top deck of ATC to boat captain standing in BG in flak jacket and helmet looking toward left, American Flag flying from the BG. G 2) LA MCU Boat captain, flag flying at right, sky BG. G 3) MCU Boat captain, boatswain's 2nd class, W. B. HUNTER. 4) CU Boat captain looking forward over the ATC, shoreline with huts along it in BG; PAN to right over river, river bank, small row of houses on flat terrain. VG 5) CU Machine gun turret, wake in left BG, row of huts along river bank in far right BG. VG 6) HA CU Looking down over the machine gun in the circular covered mount; PAN up to low lying shoreline of river bank in left BG. G 7) HA CU Down over machine gun, PAN up, river bank in mid BG. G 8) MLS Frame view of top deck area of the ATC framed by square opening in mid FG, man standing in silhouette in FG. 9) CU Coxswain of ATC. (SV) VG 10) HA CU Looking down over top forward section of ATC to ramp in mid BG, ATC underway in river, river bank at right BG. VG 11) MS Group of ATCs underway in mid BG, framed by part of ramp of camera craft. F 12) MLS Boats og TF 117 passing into small river in Mekong Delta, load of troops from 2nd Brig. of U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division, shell explodes in far BG on river bank throwing up shock wave and smoke rising shortly after. VG 13) LS ATCs underway in column; PAN over top portion of ATC, camera boat, toward right to MONITOR underway in BG. G 14) MLS Stern view of ATC underway, framed by part of camera boat, the craft underway in river. F 15) CU PAN to right, heavy brush along river bank as seen from camera boat. 16) CU Looking over the port side aft. of the camera boat showing MONITOR approaching around curve of river in far BG which is out of focus (FtoP) 17) MLS ATCs underway in river, ATC directly ahead of camera is prepping the beach, machine gun fire as framed by part of camera boat in FG. G 18) MS Mud hut on river bank. F 19) MS Out over top section of ATC to machine guns on upper part of the ATC firing toward beach area. G 20) MS Beach, smoke hanging over beach, some grass huts in BG among the palm trees; PAN continues to right, tracers heading in towards beach area. G 21) CU Ramp of ATC being lowered to river bank. 22) CU Infantrymen disembarking from ATC, moving toward grass hut in mid BG. VG 23) CU Ramp of ATC closing, man standing at left waiting to make hook-up. G 24) MLS ATC with ramp to beach, men disembarking into rice paddy as seen from boat drifting back. G 25) MCU River bank, grass hut in mid BG, troops around hut; PAN to left. G 26) GtoA ELS Unidentified aircraft making air strike; PAN to right and down to flat terain, some grass huts in FG, smoke rises from area in distant BG from air strike. F 27) LS Looking down river ahead of camera boat, river bank at left and right, thinly scattered clouds in sky in BG. VG 28) LS Down the river bank, heavy foliage growing into water. G 29) LS Rice paddies, river bank in FG; PAN to right, woods in distant BG. VG 30) ELS River, boats at left and right. (somewhat underexposed. FtoP) 31) ECU Looking through the ramp of the ATC as it moves past heavy brush up to river bank. G 32) MS Silhouette view of two landing craft, one cutting across stern of the other, MONITOR in mid FG, ATC underway in BG. G 33) LA CU Crewmen aboard the MONITOR, lowering shield on one of the guns. F 34) HA MS Down over top of covering of the ATC, ATC appears to be up to river bank. F 35) CU Man in helmet, flak jacket looking over side of ATC, muddy flat ground in BG. G to F 36) LA CU Trooper looking through binoculars scanning the area. G 37) CU Front view of man wearing flak jacket and helmet, lights up a cigarette. VG

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities