COAST GUARD DOCK SECURITY Saigon, RVN

Description

1) CU Looking out over hoods of US jeeps parked side by side; men in fatigues arrive in mid FG; two men shaking hands; PAN L, one man gets behind wheel of jeep in FG. G 2) CU US Coast Guard jeep pulling off. F (Short) 3) MS Zoom back along starboard side of merchant ship tied up to dock, bow lines in FG; PAN R over river. G 4) CU Rear view, Coast Guard Security with rifles slung over their shoulders, two officers arrive, Security salutes, third officer in helmet enters scene, men are in fatigues. G 5) HA MCU Three officers coming up walkway onboard ship. F 6) MS Three officers appearing in front of quonset hut, one man enters; PAN L showing group departing between quonset hut and building at L. 7) CU PAN view, two men in fatigues going up gangway of ship at dock. G 8) CU Three men in fatigues inspecting cargo stacked on dock; man writes information on medal pad. SV DA 9) CU Three men inspecting damaged cargo as they reach in hole of cardboard box, pull out cans. G-F 10) CU Two men checking cargo on dock area a& they move in between crates; forklifts are moving cargo in BG. SV 11) CU Caution sign on box; boom back showing damaged cardboard cartons; PAN L, three men, Coast Guard personnel, checking damaged cargo. G 12) MS Rear view, two men on stern of PBR on grenade run as one man tosses grenade into water; merchant ship tied up in R mid BG; grenade goes off. 13) MLS Port bow view, PBR underway past merchant ship; grenade explodes in water in BG. SV G 14) LS PBR underway, grenade explodes off the port quarter of PBR. G 15) MS Looking past bow of merchant ship; grenade explodes in water in RFG; PBR underway in BG; bow of merchant ship in LFG. G 16) MLS Port bow view, PBR underway as a grenade explodes in water in BG at R.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities