TAN SON NHUT ATTACK Part 3

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1) MS USAF patrol, with a suspect, his hands up against the side of a quonset hut; one man searches the VC suspect, as two other men stand by in FG with rifles. F 2) MCU USAF man searching the suspect for weapons. 3) CU Suspect, with his hands raised, being led off. G 4) MS Suspect being led off towards a jeep to be taken to Vietnamese headquarters. G 5) CU Suspect in the passenger's seat of jeep, his hands behind his neck. 6) CU Suspect being driven off; supplies are stacked in BG; the jeep passes around a structure and passes out of view. 7) MS PAN Jeep moving down road with suspect. G 8) MS Jeep stopped along the curb, the suspect being led out of the jeep. G 9) MS Air Force Sgt., with M-16, telling suspect to get up next to building. G 10) MS Officers coming out of building in BG. G 11) CU Officers chatting with patrolman. 12) CU Vietnamese officer checking the pass of the suspect. G 13) CU Suspect, his hands behind hie neck; Vietnamese officer, DAT (name), talking with some of the American officers. G 14) MS Suspect being led off by patrol; lone building in right FG. G 15) CU Looking thru windshield of the camera 'copter in flight on a strike, against the V.C. assaulting force on outskirts of Saigon and Tan Son Nhut; rockets and Machine gun fire heads down towards the suspected area; PAN, to the gunner in waist hatch. 16) A to G MS Large suburban area on outskirts of Saigon. G 17) A to G MS Area smoking from gun-ship strike; 'copter banks to left. G 18) A to A LS UN-1B gun-ship moving in on a strike, area is heavily populated in FG; one area to left away from mass of buildings is being attacked. G 19) A to G MCU PAN In towards smoke rising from the wooded area, homes are scattered throughout the section. (SV) G 20) A to G MS Area being attacked, UH-1B gun-ship is seen flying over area in BG, firing its rockets and Machine gun at the VC area. G 21) A to G MS Small cluster of buildings, which are believed to be VC hold-out areas; smoke is rising from area, as seen thru windshield of camera 'copter' camera 'copter banks to left. G 22) CU Gun barrel of the M-60 Machine gun protruding out from waist hatch; much of Saigon is seen in BG; PAN off to left very low over ground, and over base buildings. G 23) CU Crossed pistols painted on side of 'copter, words: "Billy the Kid" directly below the pistols. G 24) CU Sign on side of some ordnance: "the Equalizer". 25) MS Unidt. Air Force man checking over a dead VC at end of Tan Son Nhut runaway; PAN, showing smoke rising from part of the base area in BG. F 26) MS Man checking the dead VC, smoke rises from buildings in BG; dead VC is turned over slightly. G 27) LS Smoke rising from buildings in far BG during assault on Tan Son Nhut Airfield. F 28) MCU One of the Air Force personnel looking at the smoke in far BG, then walking off. 29) LA MS Unidt. aircraft in flight. F to P 30) LS Smoke and fire rising from an unidentified area in far BG. 31) CU Two military personnel chatting, troops are guarding the runway. G to F 32) MLS Two personnel carriers underway in BG.G 33) MS Troops lying prone on ground along length of runway guarding the runway. 34) MLS Troops wearing flak jackets, carrying rifles, walking towards jeeps in mid BG. G 35) LA MS Front view, C-123 type aircraft in flight over Tan Son Nhut. G 36) CU Troops walking back from forward perimeter on west end of runway. G 37) MS Dead VC lying beside the runway inside the perimeter; PAN, showing another dead VC. G 38) MS Troopers squatting down on runway looking towards the dead VC. G 39) CU Dead VC in grass off edge of runway; PAN, showing the second dead VC. G 40) MS Dead VC lying on his back; PAN; showing the second dead VC. G 41) CU Dead VC lying on his back; PAN; to the second dead VC. G 42) CU One of the VC rockets laying on ground. G 43) CU Vehicle and trailer, PAN to other Armored Personnel Carriers (APC's) off edge of runway. G 44) CU Dead VC lying on his stomach in grass, off edge of runway. G 45) CU Armored Personnel Carrier, with troops. 46) MS Armored Personnel Carrier off runway, smoke rising in far BG. G 47) LA LS One of the Vietnamese aircraft in flight, PAN down, showing smoke rising from far BG, Personnel Carrier in FG. G 48) CU Personnel Carrier and a jeep trailer, troops around equipment. G

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities