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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.

SAIGON AFTER THE ATTACK, FEB. 4, 1968 Part 1

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1) MS General view, people standing in shade of nearby building, barren ground seen in FG. 2) MCU Captured Viet Cong who is holding wound located under heart. G 3) MCU Another captured V.C., back to vamera, ARVN soldier in BG with rifle. 4) MCU ARVN Soldier, pistol in hand, directing two V.C. prisoners to move to left. G 5) CU ARVN troops with two captured V.C.; prisoners are led off down street by ARVN soldier. G 6) LS Group, guard and two prisoners, entering gateway in FBG. G 7) MS Group of children in a gutted brick building. 8) CU Young boy and girl eating watermelon. (SV) VG 9) LS Workmen, digging through rubble, seen throughout entire area. VG 10) MS Two workmen, wearing hard hats, digging in rubble. G 11) CU Workman, using crowbar, digging in rubble. G 12) HA CU Over base of pole in hole, man placing rocks around to keep it steady. G 13) CU Two women working in rubble. G 14) MS EOD Jeep moving along dirt street. G 15) MLS Across thoroughfare, littered with debris. G 16) CU Damaged motorcycle; pan to show front of shops riddled with bullet holes; ARVN troops in BG. G 17) CU Rear view, small Toyota pick-up truck; pan to rubble in BG. G 18) MS Rubble piled up in alley; badly damaged buildings. VG 19) MS Woman going through rubble of bombed out area. G 20) MS Two women standing in rubble; pan to show damaged buildings. G 21) CU Pan view, damaged buildings and homes. VG 22) CU Through barbed wire fence; pan to show badly damaged buildings. VG 23) CU Sentry standing in front of bullet scarred Pharmacy. G 24) MCU U.S. M.P. and ARVN trooper, with rifles at the ready, standing behind a pile of rubble. (SV) G-F 25) HA CU Burnt baby crib, inside building. G 26) LA MS Burnt sign at top front part of damaged building. G 27) MS Broken water main, water running through rubble. G 28) MCU Children walking through rubble; two young boys washing hands from spigot in BG. G 29) LS Destroyed homes. (Blocks and blocks of damaged homes.) G 30) CU Large, broken vase. G 31) MLS Flat-bed truck carrying away a burnt out jeep. G 32) LS Vehicles moving down street with burnt out vehicles atop flat beds. 33) MLS Fuel truck being hauled away by wrecker. G 34) SV A main thoroughfare in Saigon. G 35) MS Two M.P.s at barricade in main part of Saigon. G 36) CU U.S. M.P. sitting on box at barricade. 37) CU M.P. brassard, worn by soldier; pan to show main street, empty. G 38) MLS Theatre, three U.S. M.P.s in FG. G 39) MLS Tank approaching up street; pan to show tail away view of tank hurrying down street. G 40) CU Truck with troops aboard passing by; more trucks seen approaching. (ARVN convoy) G 41) MLS Snake-eye view, trucks approaching up street. G 42) LS "Execution Circle" in central market place of Saigon, deserted during martial law. (SV) VG

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Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1968-02-01
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